Not so long ago Mel Gibson was worth nearly a billion dollars. Let’s hope he takes better care of that money than he has of his career and relationships, because thanks to the systematic beat-down Mel’s delivered to his public image over the last several years, his schedule of future projects is wide open—i.e., nonexistent. Interestingly, Mel’s relationships have followed a downward arc strikingly similar to his movie career. First, twenty-plus years with Robyn Moore Gibson, then a briefer, sketchier relationship with Oksana Grigorieva. Now Mel has hooked up with Stella Mouzi, a Greek-born Goth fetish model some thirty years his junior. The next logical step in this death-spiral is Kat Von D, but she won’t be available for months. Weeks, anyway.

At this point not much is known about Ms. Mouzi, except that she’s less than half Gibson’s age. Also, a fetish model. And that’s probably enough, because once you’ve said “fetish model,” you can’t go on to say “but aside from that…” and add anything that will make this sound like a good bet for a steady, long-term relationship. On the plus side, she looks more than capable of delivering some massive retaliation for any physical abuse Gibson might feel like dishing out. She might even deliver some creative, degrading punishments of her own. It’s possible Mel feels that’s exactly what he deserves, and I’m not going to tell you he’s wrong about that.

(Image courtesy of Starpulse.)