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"TMZ has learned ... &lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/mel-gibson/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mel Gibson&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; has voluntarily arranged for an independent observer to be present when he visits with his daughter in order to protect him from ongoing, fresh child abuse claims by&lt;strong&gt; &lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/oksana-grigorieva/\"&gt;Oksana Grigorieva&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img title=\"Oksana Grigorieva and Mel Gibson\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2010/07/19/0719-oksana-mel-getty-ex.jpg\" alt=\"0719_Oksana_Mel_getty_ex\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We've learned the observer has been in place for a week.&amp;#160; Sources say Mel's lawyers wanted an independent observer for 2 reasons:&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#160;-- To refute ongoing allegations by Oksana ... sources say she keeps alleging that Mel is abusing their child.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#160;-- To facilitate and speed up the investigation by the&lt;strong&gt; &lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2010/07/15/mel-gibson-oksana-grigorieva-audio-tapes-custody-hearing-childrens-services/\"&gt;L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told the observer -- who is credentialed in the family law area -- is giving regular updates to DCFS.&amp;#160; The observer was chosen solely by Mel Gibson's lawyers.&amp;#160; Oksana's lawyers and the court were not involved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sources tell TMZ ... Mel has had the legal right to unsupervised visitation since the case began in March.&amp;#160; The observer is Mel's doing alone and purely voluntary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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