Mel Gibson arrested for DUI

[ZeoBandit]

Mel Gibson arrested for DUI

Friday, July 28, 2006; Posted: 4:13 p.m. EDT (20:13 GMT)

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Actor and director Mel Gibson was arrested Friday in Malibu, California, and charged with driving under the influence, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office.

Gibson, 50, was pulled over early Friday while driving on the Pacific Coast Highway, said sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore. Officers on patrol reported Gibson was driving at an "excessively fast speed," he said.

He was charged with a misdemeanor and posted $5,000 bond, Whitmore said.

Gibson was not immediately available for comment.

Gibson, who acted in the "Lethal Weapon" movie series, won an Oscar for directing 1995's Oscar-winning best picture "Braveheart."

He reportedly financed the controversial movie "The Passion of the Christ" (2004), which he also directed, with $25 million of his own money. The film made $370 million at the domestic box office and currently ranks No. 10 on the all-time box office list. "Passion of the Christ" was nominated for three Oscars, but won none.

Gibson's latest movie, "Apocalypto," set in the Mayan civilization of several centuries ago, is due in December.

[SeriousDooDoo]

Foster's.

That's Australian for DUI.

[lal5150]

damn you , mel gibson dont you become like that wine drinking, meth taking porno making eddie van halen.

valerie cant even show her face around town.


isnt gene simmons invovled with porn or does he just hang out with porn stars.

[Axxman300]

Dumbass.

[smithjc]

Gee too bad I wasn't with him, I coulda been his designated driver.

[jimmy]

God is punishing him.....

[Brett]

Good fuck him.

[Darby]

Whoa! Check this story out.


Gibson's Anti-Semitic Tirade -- Alleged Cover Up
Posted Jul 28th 2006 9:15PM by TMZ Staff
Filed under: Celebrity Justice

TMZ has learned that Mel Gibson went on a rampage when he was arrested Friday on suspicion of drunk driving, hurling religious epithets. TMZ has also learned that the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department had the initial report doctored to keep the real story under wraps.

TMZ has four pages of the original report prepared by the arresting officer in the case, L.A. County Sheriff's Deputy James Mee. According to the report, Gibson became agitated after he was stopped on Pacific Coast Highway and told he was to be detained for drunk driving Friday morning in Malibu. The actor began swearing uncontrollably. Gibson repeatedly said, "My life is f****d." Law enforcement sources say the deputy, worried that Gibson might become violent, told the actor that he was supposed to cuff him but would not, as long as Gibson cooperated. As the two stood next to the hood of the patrol car, the deputy asked Gibson to get inside. Deputy Mee then walked over to the passenger door and opened it. The report says Gibson then said, "I'm not going to get in your car," and bolted to his car. The deputy quickly subdued Gibson, cuffed him and put him inside the patrol car.

Once inside the car, a source directly connected with the case says Gibson began banging himself against the seat. The report says Gibson told the deputy, "You mother f****r. I'm going to f*** you." The report also says "Gibson almost continually [sic] threatened me saying he 'owns Malibu' and will spend all of his money to 'get even' with me."

The report says Gibson then launched into a barrage of anti-Semitic statements: "F*****g Jews... The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world." Gibson then asked the deputy, "Are you a Jew?"

The deputy became alarmed as Gibson's tirade escalated, and called ahead for a sergeant to meet them when they arrived at the station. When they arrived, a sergeant began videotaping Gibson, who noticed the camera and then said, "What the f*** do you think you're doing?"

A law enforcement source says Gibson then noticed another female sergeant and yelled, "What do you think you're looking at, sugar tits?"

We're told Gibson took two blood alcohol tests, which were videotaped, and continued saying how "f****d" he was and how he was going to "f***" Deputy Mee.

Gibson was put in a cell with handcuffs on. He said he needed to urinate, and after a few minutes tried manipulating his hands to unzip his pants. Sources say Deputy Mee thought Gibson was going to urinate on the floor of the booking cell and asked someone to take Gibson to the bathroom.

After leaving the bathroom, Gibson then demanded to make a phone call. He was taken to a pay phone and, when he didn't get a dial tone, we're told Gibson threw the receiver against the phone. Deputy Mee then warned Gibson that if he damaged the phone he could be charged with felony vandalism. We're told Gibson was then asked, and refused, to sign the necessary paperwork and was thrown in a detox cell.

Deputy Mee then wrote an eight-page report detailing Gibson's rampage and comments. Sources say the sergeant on duty felt it was too "inflammatory." A lieutenant and captain then got involved and calls were made to Sheriff's headquarters. Sources say Mee was told Gibson's comments would incite a lot of "Jewish hatred," that the situation in Israel was "way too inflammatory." It was mentioned several times that Gibson, who wrote, directed, and produced 2004's "The Passion of the Christ," had incited "anti-Jewish sentiment" and "For a drunk driving arrest, is this really worth all that?"

We're told Deputy Mee was then ordered to write another report, leaving out the incendiary comments and conduct. Sources say Deputy Mee was told the sanitized report would eventually end up in the media and that he could write a supplemental report that contained the redacted information -- a report that would be locked in the watch commander's safe.

Initially, a Sheriff's official told TMZ the arrest occurred "without incident." On Friday night, Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore told TMZ: "The L.A. County Sheriff's Department investigation into the arrest of Mr. Gibson on suspicion of driving under the influence will be complete and will contain every factual piece of evidence. Nothing will be sanitized. There was absolutely no favoritism shown to this suspect or any other. When this file is presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney, it will contain everything. Nothing will be left out."

Gibson's rep Alan Nierob tells TMZ: "We are unaware of any of the information you mentioned in your email pertaining to a police report."

[Mario VH]

I guess he needed some divine intervention not to get behind the wheel shit faced. What a dummy, when will people learn???? If all that other shit is true the guy is a complete A HOLE.

[Brett]

Like I said, fuck him. And he's an anti-semite, what else is new.

I find it hard to believe he said that shit though, almost seems so ridiculous he's that much of an anti-semite he would be yelling that crap when he was arrested. It just seems a little far-fetched.

He lost me a long time ago as a fan (not that he cares), I threw my Lethal Weapon DVD's away when it came out what a piece of shit anti-semite he and his family are.

[kowski]

I find it hard to believe he said that shit though, almost seems so ridiculous he's that much of an anti-semite he would be yelling that crap when he was arrested. It just seems a little far-fetched.

He was obviously piss drunk though, so that probably lets the anti-Semitism just flow right out.

[Brett]

Well now I guess we all know it. I'm sure he's proud...and I'm not being sarcastic.

[BradS]

If this is true, Gibson is an asshole.

He reminds me of Tom Cruise. Both of them used to be decent guys...on the surface anyway, but when they both started boasting about their religions and embellishing in them, they both became raging idiots.

[graeme]

I was a huge Mel Gibson fan back in the 80's. There was scene in Lethal weapon, just after he jumped with the would be suicide and he's in the shop with Danny Glover and he feigns an attempt himself. At the end of the scene he says something like "I'm hungry. I'm gonna get something to eat". My brother and I both burst out laughing and at the sametime said, "that's not acting, the guy is shitfaced". From then on it has been a cliched spiral from alcoholic to recovery to intense "believer" (in whatever). His views are famously extreme to say the least, any Aussies here will know of his dabbling in right wing (very) politics, andthis is pretty much par for the course for recovering "fill in the blanks".
It is a shame. He was, and perhaps still is, a great actor but that guy next door image went by the wayside a long time ago. Falling off the wagon in a very public and spectactular way like this is not so unexpected. The difference is that alot less people will be so sympathetic than perhaps they would have been a few years ago.
Does this remind us of anyone else?

[Brett]

No last I checked Eddie Van Halen wasn't an anti-semite no matter how drunk he gets.