Oksana Grigorieva: "Mel Is Trivializing Domestic Violence"

Oksana Grigorieva is speaking out for the first time since Mel Gibson leveled extortion claims against her, saying her ex is "trivializing domestic violence."

"I think Mel is basically trivializing domestic violence and this is very, very sad," she said when asked about the state of her emotions following the very public battle over her daughter that has now devolved into a domestic violence and extortion case. "I'm devasted," she told Radar.

When asked why she made the now infamous tapes in which Mel's rage was released to the world, she replied, "I didn't think I was going to make it through the night."

She also clarified that "all the tapes that you hear on the internet, "the tapes" and the voicemails were all recorded that night because I was in fear for my life" she says, referring to the night Mel allegedly knocked out two of her teeth.

"What's unfair is that by standing up to somebody -- and speaking up -- I am being victimized all over again," she said. "He has hurt so many people I feel like I am being victimized all over again," Oksana said, referring to his extortion claims against her

As for "I have never extorted anything from him, there is no proof. It is all false information he is feeding the press. It is a smear campaign, clearly, to me. I am absolutely convinced of that," she said emphatically.

As she got into her car to go, she had one final thing to say to her ex: "Speak the truth, tell the truth, for the sake of your daughter."