Mel Gibson arrested on suspicion of DUI

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Mel Gibson arrested on suspicion of DUI

MALIBU, Calif. - Mel Gibson was arrested early Friday for suspicion of driving under the influence, a Sheriff's Department spokesman said.

Gibson's vehicle was speeding eastbound on the Pacific Coast Highway when officers stopped him at 2:36 a.m., Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said.

Gibson, 50, was booked at the Lost Hills Sheriff's station at 4:06 a.m., according to department records. The actor-director was cited and released, Whitmore said. Bail was set at $5,000.

"The investigation is ongoing," Whitmore said. "As we would do with anyone, we don't want to release any more since the information is fragmentary."

Gibson's spokesman, Alan Nierob, said he was looking into the matter.

Gibson won a best-director Oscar for 1995's "Braveheart."

Like his 2004 religious blockbuster, "The Passion of the Christ," which was shot in Aramaic and Latin, his new film, "Apocalypto," was done in an ancient tongue, Yucatec Maya.

Gibson has starred in the "Lethal Weapon" and "Mad Max" films, "What Women Want" and "The Man Without a Face," among other movies.
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Don't know if this is Breaking News, but I just had to post it so people see it.

Congrats Mel and welcome to the club.

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Oh yeah... welcome to the club! Now he's a REAL celeb, right?

Totally. At least my kind of celebrity.

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That's right... someone who isn't afraid to drink!

Gibson 'Ashamed' About His Behavior
SATURDAY JULY 29, 2006 11:00PM EST

By Ken Lee

Mel Gibson


Actor Mel Gibson released a contrite statement through his publicist Saturday regarding his DUI arrest in Malibu early Friday morning.

“After drinking alcohol on Thursday night, I did a number of things that were very wrong and for which I am ashamed," the statement read. "(After) I was stopped by the L.A. County Sheriffs ... I acted like a person completely out of control when I was arrested, and said things that I do not believe to be true and which are despicable. I am deeply ashamed of everything I said, and I apologize to anyone who I have offended."

He added in the statement, "I have battled the disease of alcoholism for all of my adult life and profoundly regret my horrific relapse."

Hollywood gossip website TMZ.com posted four pages of what it alleges are copies of the police report, which details the Oscar winner screaming profanities and anti-Semitic slurs at authorities after being pulled over for speeding on the Pacific Coast Highway on Friday.

Weekend-duty sheriff's spokesman Sgt. John Hocking would not confirm that the police report posted on TMZ was legitimate. He also had no comment on allegations by the Web site of a cover-up, since on Friday sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said that Gibson was "arrested without incident."

"Our investigation has not gotten that far, but we're trying to put out the facts regarding the case. It's still being determined what actually occurred," Hocking tells PEOPLE.

Gibson all apologies after rant



BY MICHELLE CARUSO
DAILY NEWS WEST COAST BUREAU CHIEF

LOS ANGELES - A day after being busted for drunken driving, Mel Gibson apologized yesterday for getting behind the wheel while "inebriated" and said he was "deeply ashamed" of the "despicable" things he said in an abusive rant to cops.
The Oscar-winning star and director of "Braveheart" said he had suffered a "horrific relapse" in a decades-long battle with alcoholism.

"I acted like a person completely out of control when I was arrested, and said things that I do not believe to be true and which are despicable," Gibson said in a statement. "I am deeply ashamed of everything I said."

The 50-year-old actor didn't get more specific about his tirade to the L.A. County sheriff's deputies who stopped him on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu early Friday.

The sheriff's department has refused to release either Gibson's mug shot or the report of the arresting officer, Deputy James Mee. But celebrity news Web site TMZ.com obtained several pages of Mee's report and published explosive details.

According to Mee's report, Gibson berated and threatened the deputy, saying, "You motherf-----. I'm going to f--- you."

"The Passion of the Christ" director also made anti-Semitic remarks. "F------ Jews. Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world," Mee's report quotes Gibson as saying.
The "Braveheart" star offered a public apology yesterday to Mee, who "was just doing his job."

"I feel fortunate that I was apprehended before I caused injury to another person," Gibson said in his statement.

Cops said Gibson's blood-alcohol level was 0.12 when he was pulled over for speeding. The legal limit in California is 0.08.

The Aussie-raised actor said he had battled alcoholism "all of my adult life." He said he had "already taken necessary steps to ensure my return to health," but he did not elaborate.

Police officials, meanwhile, denied they purposely covered up the star's tirade.

"There was no favoritism. There was no sanitization. A complete report of everything that occurred will be turned over to the district attorney," said sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore.

Originally published on July 30, 2006

I don't know. I have liked this guy a long time. But if he is calling drinking a "disease" and all that rot, it's a cop out. I been battling a disease.

Nope, AIDS is a disease. You been battling an addiction. Totally different. And the anti Jew statements about them causing every war, that's just bogus.

I mean, if he was a staunch Christian that, I don't know, directed a violent film about JC's demise I might side with that alleged allegation that Gibson was an anti-Semite. But come on. Mad Max? Martin Riggs? Those are friends of mine. And I'll appreciate you not exploiting their Jew loving/hating lives.

Anyone see 'Bird On A Wire'? That was dope.

Hand shakes and fist pounts. Nothing but love what what.

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Dude, anything with Goldie Hawn just automatically sucks.

Mel Gibson rules. Hate people that drink and drive, but what the hell. He was in Malibu, can't have hurt anyone important.

His father's a racist son of a ***** though. Wanna smack that guy upside the head one day.

I was busted once for something like what Gibson is going through. But this isn't his first rodeo. I hate drunk drivers too. And I have said some pretty ignorant crap during terms of inebriation. Not making excuses, just breaking it down.

As far as his pops, who knows. My grandfather was a giant racist. For some whiteys they grew up that way. It's ignorant and horrible, but what can you do. You're raised a certain way... sucks.

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Mel Gibson Anti-Semitic Rant Confirmed
Official Report Shows Actor Spewed Epithets During Arrest
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LOS ANGELES, July 31, 2006

(AP) An official police report on Mel Gibson's arrest on drunken driving charges substantiates claims that he made anti-Semitic remarks and threatened a deputy, a law enforcement official said Monday.

On Monday, Sheriff's Department officials sent prosecutors their case, which also says a tequila bottle was found in Gibson's car when he was pulled over on the Pacific Coast Highway.

Gibson had released a lengthy statement Saturday apologizing for saying "despicable" things to sheriff's deputies when he was arrested, but he did not elaborate. The entertainment Web site TMZ.com had reported that the sheriff's department was considering eliminating the anti-Semitic remarks from its official report.

The report forwarded to prosecutors cites Gibson as making disparaging comments about Jews, according to the law enforcement official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.

TMZ reported that Gibson said, "The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world," and asked the arresting officer, "Are you a Jew?"

The district attorney's office confirmed prosecutors had received the case and it was under review. A tentative arraignment date was set for Sept. 28.

On Monday, a sheriff's spokesman defended the department's handling of the case.

"In that case file will be (Gibson's) statement, will be our report, will be everything pertinent to his blood-alcohol level. We have done our job," sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore told reporters Monday at department headquarters. "We hope we've done it with not only professionalism and intelligence, but held to the highest standard of legal and moral imperative."

The department, he said, was "convinced because of our investigation and because of his own self-illuminating statement that he will be convicted of driving under the influence."

In his statement, Gibson said he has struggled with alcoholism and taken steps "to ensure my return to health."

The actor was "participating in an ongoing program to deal with this," Gibson's publicist, Alan Nierob told The Associated Press on Monday. "The guy is trying to stay alive."

The questions about whether police were covering up Gibson's remarks came partly because Gibson has a relationship with Sheriff Lee Baca. He has dressed in a sheriff's uniform to film public service announcements for Baca's Star Organization, a charity group that raises scholarships for children of department employees. Gibson also donated $10,000, Whitmore said.

AP) Gibson was arrested after deputies stopped his 2006 Lexus LS 430 for speeding at 2:36 a.m. Friday. Whitmore said deputies clocked him doing 87 mph in a 45 mph zone.

A breath test indicated Gibson's blood-alcohol level was 0.12 percent, Whitmore said. In California, a driver is legally intoxicated at 0.08 percent.

Gibson posted $5,000 bail and was released hours later.

Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, called Gibson's apology "unremorseful and insufficient." Prominent Hollywood talent agent Ari Emanuel called for an industry boycott of Gibson in a blog posted Monday.

"At a time of escalating tensions in the world, the entertainment industry cannot idly stand by and allow Mel Gibson to get away with such tragically inflammatory statements," he wrote. "People in the entertainment community, whether Jew or gentile, need to demonstrate that they understand how much is at stake in this by professionally shunning Mel Gibson and refusing to work with him, even if it means a sacrifice to their bottom line.

"There are times in history when standing up against bigotry and racism is more important than money."

This is not the first time Gibson has faced accusations of anti-Semitism. Gibson produced, directed and financed "The Passion of the Christ," which some Jewish leaders said cast Jews as the killers of Jesus. Days before "Passion" was released, Gibson's father, Hutton Gibson, was quoted as saying the Holocaust was mostly "fiction."

Gibson, 50, won a best-director Oscar for 1995's "Braveheart," and starred in the "Lethal Weapon" and "Mad Max" films, among others.

In recent years, he has turned his attention to producing films and TV shows through his Icon Productions. The hundreds of millions of dollars he made producing the 2004 film "The Passion of the Christ" has given the star the ability to finance his own films, giving him a measure of independence from the major studios.

His next movie is "Apocalypto," about the decline of the Mayan empire. It is being distributed by The Walt Disney Co.

He can't deny his statements. People loose their censor button when they are drunk. He hates Jews, and I am deeply saddened by this.

I agree, Sherry! You are more willing to say the TRUTH when you're drunk.

That's not entirely true. It's more you are willing to say what you think is the truth at the moment. As an expert on the subject, let me tell you that I've gone off on quite the rant and the next day I can't understand why I said that. Sure, sometimes people do get loose lips and spill the beans on a secret or two.

Also, let's say he had a lingering, marginal dislike of Jews. I've seen alcohol fuel things like that and escalate.

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Yeah, I'm sure the "unnamed" clinic he checked himself into was "publicist covers up my therapy by letting me hide out in his house clinic"

step 1: pretend to apologize
step 2: pretend to be in AA

EXACTLY! I don't think that he's really sorry... well, wait a minute. I'm sure that he's sorry that he got pulled over and this ended up being public. Otherwise, I'm sure that he really meant what he said. He's off my list of actor's to see their movies.

the mug shot:




http://www.inreview.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=665093

At least it wasn't a Nick Notle style mugshot.

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He's practically smiling! He looks all smug - like he knows everyone will just sweep this under the rug. Lame.

He's totally drunk. Look at those bloodshot eyes!!! But, like all other celebs, he knows that he will get a slap on the wrist. I'm so f'n tired of celebrities being ABOVE the law. If that were one of us, we would STILL be in that cell.

well how many of us have the cash to post the bail? DUI charges should make you pay more if you are rich. It should be a burden to get out of, not something you can open your wallet and pay like it is nothing.

I don't care about the bail... it's the fact that they SKATE through the penalties of crimes commited. They are f'n people too... and the law is the LAW!

the rumors about his movie seem to have credibility now.. the anti-semitic undertones

And who says he hates Jews now?

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Well, I still say his movie really spoke to me spiritually and nothing can take that away.

Thank the Maker for Lethal Weapon.

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My favorite Gibson movie was Braveheart. Nazi Mel, as I call him now, did a good job in that one.


FREEDOM!!!!

Hail Gibson
*salutes*

I have to marvel at our news media. You have Hezbollah and Iran openly executing their intent to destroy Israel and kill all the Jews, and the media has never once analyzed the threat in terms of anti-Semitism. Yet one drunken actor makes some anti-Semitic comments, and the media can’t stop.

this was pretty funny:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfOe...&page=1&t=t&f=b

That youtube video was freaking hilarious.

HA HA HA HA HA HA

the Braveheart one is how I act when I get drunk.

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Several of Mel Gibson's friends say he's a "different person" when he's drinking, but they do not believe he's anti-Semitic.

Movie producer Dean Devlin said he and his wife are Jewish, and he considers Gibson -- who unleashed an anti-Jewish tirade when arrested for drunken driving July 28 -- one of his best friends in Hollywood.

"If Mel is an anti-Semite, then he spends a lot of time with us, which makes no sense," Devlin told the Los Angeles Times. He met Gibson while co-producing "The Patriot," in which Gibson starred. "But he is an alcoholic, and while that makes no excuse for what he said, because there is no excuse, I believe it was the disease speaking, not the man."

Jodie Foster said she does not believe that drunkenness excuses hurtful remarks, but doubts claims that Gibson is prejudiced against Jews.

"Is he an anti-Semite? Absolutely not," Foster told the newspaper for a story in Friday's editions. "But it's no secret that he has always fought a terrible battle with alcoholism."

Though it was widely believed that Gibson has been sober since the early '90s, some people close to him say he has been on and off the wagon for years.

"I have been with Mel when he has fallen off, and he becomes a completely different person," Devlin said. "It is pretty horrifying."

Gibson was charged this week with two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence of alcohol.

Foster, who co-starred with Gibson in "Maverick," said she believed he will recover from his latest fall.

Gibson "was a shining example of how low you can go when you are young and still pull yourself up," she said. "He took his recovery very seriously, which is why I know he is strong enough to get through this now."

Mel Gibson's racist rant shows how a seed of Jewish hatred planted by his father has grown to bear fruit. His apologies ring hollow, because a guy like him should know better, even when drunk, to keep his freakin' mouth shut when being arrested. I guess a spoiled actor like him, usually surrounded by butt-kissers gave him a since of invincabilty.

Even worse than Mel Gibson's antics was the authorities' attempt to whitewash the whole thing.

Patrick Swayze Defends Mel Gibson

By Doug Pendrell

Monday, August 7, 2006



Despite the public backlash over the anti-Semitic remarks made during his DUI arrest, Mel Gibson has been receiving some public support as well. Most recently, Patrick Swayze has backed the embattled Mad Max star, publicly offering his support through this tough time.



Patrick Swayze was interviewed by London's GMTV over the weekend, in which he described Mel Gibson as "a wonderful human being". The interview, which will go to air tonight, adds Swayze's voice to a list of Gibson supporters which also includes Jodie Foster and producer Dean Devlin.



ITV quoted most of Swayze's interview, in which he said "I feel really bad for Mel, he's a good guy, we have been in each other's lives for a long time, he's a wonderful human being. He is not anti-Semitic. People say stupid things when they happen to have a few and especially if you don't drink any more, or have limited your drinking for a long time and all of a sudden you decide to have one too many with the boys - you are stupid."



Swayze, who has battled alcohol problems of his own in the past, went on to say "I really feel for him right now because for one moment in time ... everybody else gets to be allowed to have a stupid moment and nobody knows about it or cares the next day. So it makes it difficult when your life is under the microscope."



As well as downplaying the magnitude of the arrest, and of the anti-Semitic remarks, Swayze talked about how the arrest could affect Mel's career. When asked if this arrest could end Mel Gibson's career, Patrick Swayze said "No way - are you kidding me? A man that talented? You don't put somebody down like that, you can try - they've tried in my world. When you are a pitbull and you love what you do and you are going to continue to grow, that talent will find its way out one or the other."



"If anybody dares try to pull this cr*p of messing with Mel's career - it's wrong, it's unfair, it's not right. Talent deserves to be honoured, hands deserve to be slapped if you do something stupid as well, but don't take it too far."



Mel Gibson was pulled over and arrested on the Pacific Coast Highway on Friday, July 28. During his arrest, Gibson was quoted as saying "The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world," before asking the arresting deputy if he was a Jew. While more remarks were made, and unconfirmed comments cast an even larger shadow over Gibson, the tape of the arrest will not be made public.



Patrick Swayze has been a veteran actor in Hollywood, appearing in dozens of films. As well as being an actor, who has appeared in movies such as The Outsiders, Youngblood, Dirty Dancing, Road House, Ghost, Point Break, To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar and Donnie Darko, Swayze is now on stage in London's West End, portraying Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls.



As for Mel Gibson, the embattled director of Braveheart, The Passion of the Christ and Apocalypto, as well as the star of The Patriot, Lethal Weapon, Mad Max and many other films, is set to appear in court to face DUI charges on September 28th.



[Additional Sources: ITV]



- Doug Pendrell

I wonder if they would have made a big deal if mel got a dui while driving with no hands after taking a bottle of viagra?

Mel.........Mel........Mel...........what are you doing?

but Viagra can only do so much.

apparently not.

Cool. I'm always up for a good viagra joke.