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Mel Gibson looks set to become a father for the eighth time.

According to U.S. reports the 53-year-old actor’s Russian girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, 39, is pregnant with his child.

Oksana, who attended the LA premiere with the star last month, is reported to be in her second trimester.

Gibson’s publicist said he had ‘no comment’ to make on the matter when contacted by Mail Online.

The new comes after Gibson’s estranged wife of 28 years Robyn filed for divorce last month citing ‘irreconcilable differences’.

Just two weeks later Oksana, a pianist and singer, made a surprise appearance with the Braveheart actor at the Wolverine premiere.

Their public outing together came as a shock given the fact Gibson, a devout Catholic, will have to defend his £640million fortune in the upcoming divorce battle.

U.S. website TMZ reported that he has already broken the news to Robyn and their seven children.

Oksana is signed to Gibson’s recording label Icon and previously dated former James Bond star Timothy Dalton. The couple split up two years ago and have a 12-year-old son, Thomas.

In other news, Gibson has one less headache to deal with after settling a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over Passion Of The Christ.

He avoided a potentially embarrassing trial and settled the lawsuit filed by Benedict Fitzgerald, a screenwriter for the film.

Fitzgerald had claimed he was underpaid by Gibson, the director, for the 2004 hit that grossed more than $600million worldwide.

He was seeking a minimum of $10million in compensation.

Fitzgerald’s attorneys claimed Gibson racked up a fortune in personal expenses including education bills for his children and a chiropractor that lowered payments to Fitzgerald.

A judge recently ordered Gibson to answer questions about the film’s finances during a deposition but attorneys for the Oscar-winning director contended that Gibson did not know the intricacies of the film’s budget.

The parties have now agreed to a settlement ‘in principal,’ according to a three-page document filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.

The filing asked a judge to cancel a trial scheduled for June 3 but terms of the deal remain confidential.

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We’ve learned Mel Gibson’s girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, is pregnant with his child.

Our sources say Gibson has already told his estranged wife, Robyn, and their children about the news. We’re told Oksana is in her second trimester.

Robyn filed for divorce on April 13.

By the way, Oksana is living in a house Mel got for her. And guess what else? Until recently, Oksana was living in a house purchased by songwriter/producer David Foster, with whom she also had a relationship.

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Last Thursday Mel Gibson’s wife of over 28 years, Robyn Moore, filed for divorce in the Los Angeles Superior Court citing irreconcilable differences. Gibson is believed to be worth around $900 million and the couple did not have a prenuptial agreement. Robyn is seeking spousal support, joint custody of their child Tom (the only minor of their 7 children together) and attorney fees.

But the actor filed a response on Monday morning with claims that he and his wife have been separated since August of 2006 following Gibson’s DUI arrest. Reports surfaced in November last year that Gibson was in relationship with a 28-year-old Russian singer named Oksana while filming the Edge of Reason and he has since been pap-snapped in a passionate embrace in Costa Rica with the songstress.

“Mel hasn’t been cheating, he and Robyn haven’t been together for a long time,” said an inside source, adding that they have remained friends throughout the separation and tried on numerous occasions to work through their differences.

But Oksana isn’t the only young hottie Gibson has been cavorting with on the sands of Costa Rica recently. Last year he took then-trainwreck Britney Spears away, and Tarts has been told that the two meet on regular occasions, but it is all a friends-only affair. Oddly enough, Gibson’s wife has hired the same divorce attorney, Laura Wasser, that the pop princess used (Wasser also worked for Angelina Jolie) while Gibson is being represented by Jennifer Aniston and Jessica Simpson’s divorce lawyer, Robert Kaufman.

Under California law, assets and finances are split 50/50 thus it is believed that Gibson is clearly establishing the date of separation (which was left as TBA on the initial divorce papers) so that every penny he has made since then will be his private property.

In the papers, the Braveheart star also requests that the court terminate the rights for either party to receive spousal support as well as asking that Moore pay her own attorney fees.

According to People.com, on Easter Sunday Gibson confided in the parishioners at the Agoura Hills Holy Family Catholic Church that his wife had filed for divorce. Thus the question remains: will the traditionalist Catholic be able to remain director of the church that he spent his own $5.1 million building? Gibson and his soon-to-be ex-wife are listed in federal tax records as directors of the secluded church.

“The church is against divorce. When someone gets married, they’re married for life. They will grant annulments in certain situations after evaluating the validity of the marriage,” said Rev. Patrick O’Dwyer of the St. Maximillian Kolbe Church in Oak Park, Calif. “They do not look down upon anyone in the religion and if someone is going through a divorce, the church will do all they can to help.”

Mind you, Tarts called at least a dozen churches for comment but nobody “felt comfortable” commenting on Gibson’s situation – but it doesn’t sound as though some at the Corpus Christi Church in NYC enjoyed Passion of the Christ.

“We couldn’t care less, not a fan of Mel Gibson,” said the spokesperson before slamming down the phone. Ouch.

Longtime media specialist and Hollywood publicist Michael Levine also felt strongly that the divorce could greatly impact Gibson’s fan base.

“A lot of his credibility came from his religious connection,” Levine said. “I think this will certainly damage his credibility with his conservative audience.”

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Mel Gibson’s wife of 28 years filed for divorce Monday, citing irreconcilable differences.

Robyn Gibson filed the petition, which offers no details of the breakup, in Los Angeles Superior Court.

The couple have seven children, but only one under 18. Robyn Gibson has requested joint custody of their son who turns 10 on Tuesday.

Details of how the couple’s assets will be divided were not spelled out in the court filings. Robyn Gibson is seeking jewelry and earnings and assets she accrued after the couple separated, and a share of the money and assets Gibson, 53, has earned during his nearly three decades as a Hollywood hitmaker.

She wants the actor-director to pay spousal support and her attorney’s fees.

The Gibsons released a joint statement Monday, seeking privacy.

“Throughout our marriage and separation we have always strived to maintain the privacy and integrity of our family and will continue to do so,” the statement read.

The couple were married in June 1980, court records show.

“Mad Max” in 1979 brought Gibson his first international attention, closely followed by the critically acclaimed “Gallipoli” and the Mad Max sequel “The Road Warrior.”

Gibson has since gone on to make a mix of crowd-pleasing shoot-’em-ups such as the “Lethal Weapon” franchise, and has established himself as a director. 1995′s “Braveheart” earned Gibson two Oscars for best picture and best director.

He also produced and directed the surprise blockbusters “The Passion of the Christ” and “Apocalypto,” which broke box-office records for foreign language films in its opening weekend in several countries.

His divorce was first reported by celebrity gossip site TMZ, which made a splash for its reporting of the actor’s anti-Semitic slurs uttered during a drunken driving arrest in 2006.

Gibson pleaded no contest to the charge later that year and was given three years’ probation.

Since then, he has hosted Britney Spears at his home in Costa Rica, and continued his acting career. He stars in “Edge of Darkness,” scheduled for release later this year.