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"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/mel-gibson/\"&gt;Mel Gibson&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;is being sued by a man who claims Mel cajoled him to put his life savings in a newfangled technology to recycle tires ... the guy lost it all and now claims Mel is swindling him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/0615_gibson_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0615_mel_gibson_doc_launch_ex_2\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/06/15/0615-mel-gibson-doc-launch-ex-2.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nader Sherif &lt;/strong&gt;met Mel at a dinner party in 2007.&amp;#160; According to the lawsuit, Nader claims Mel started jawboning him about a Malaysian company called &lt;strong&gt;Green Rubber&lt;/strong&gt;, which developed a technology to devulcanize rubber so old tires could be recycled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sherif claims Mel tried convincing him to invest $200,000 in the company -- his entire life savings.&amp;#160; Sherif says he was resistant, but someone from the company who was present at the dinner assured him the company would re-purchase Sherif's stock for the full face value whenever Sherif wanted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But Sherif was still uneasy, telling Mel he had just had a child and could not afford to lose money. Sherif alleges Mel -- who is a \"significant investor\" in the company --&amp;#160; then told him if the company wouldn't make good, Mel would buy the shares from Sherif for the full $200,000.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Short story -- Sherif was going through hard financial times and wanted Green Rubber to buy his stock back.&amp;#160; Sherif claims the company repeatedly refused to do so, and he then went to Mel, who allegedly ignored his demand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sherif is suing for $200,000 plus interest. We could not reach Mel's rep for comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&amp;amp;mediaKey=0fb63d6f-7ddd-452c-9afd-33abd1d9a52d\"&gt;&lt;img style=\"float: right;\" alt=\"0615_green_rubber_award\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/06/15/0615-green-rubber-award.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here's a video of Mel back in 2008 -- presenting an award to the CEO of Green Rubber at the Global Green Sustainable Design Awards.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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