Posted on 07/28/2006 10:12:47 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
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."
Your judgement is impaired so you just might say something your ordinarily wouldn't say publicly...like F**KING JEWS! But that's not something you just come up with out of thin air. That's the kind of judgement that would be impaired. I know about drinking, believe me...when I used to drink...whatever I thought came out MORE SO...if I debated politics, I'd be a louder right winger...I wouldn't say I was a libertarian? Do you understand what I'm saying by true self?
Alcoholism is much different than a simple drunk. Gibson has admitted that he had an alcohol problem. At one point he had kicked it. Apparently he's drinking again. Alcoholics have blackouts and say and do things they normally would not. And they have no memory of it. I met a woman who called her Hubby "a travelling drunk". He'd wake up across the country and not know how he got there.They'd send him bus fare home.
A bartender on this very website told me, two years ago, that a true alcoholic can get "drunk" on two drinks.
Just a small point. It wasn't LAPD but LA Sheriffs. Don't know as that makes a differece.
Again, I'm not making excuses for him. His biggest mistake was taking that first drink.
Were you ever so angry that you said something pretty irrational to make someone else angry that you regretted the moment you said it. If you said it sober, believe me, you would say it alot quicker drunk.
That being said, I pass no judgement on the man. Alcohol has different effects on different people. Mel never claimed to be Christ, he just produced a movie about His death.
Sounds more like PCP than liquor.
If this is Mel's excuse, it's going to take a LOT of work for anyone to listen to him explain this, should he sober up one day and want to apologize.
I have no idea what he'll say. I was explaining alcoholism as you didn't seem to understand it. Going out and getting drunk once in awhile is very different than being an alcoholic and what it does to a person.
Another reason I believe the cops.
That being said, I pass no judgement on the man.
That is painful to hear. Boorish obscene behavior and language should be judged, regardless of what the person imbibes. And the anti-Semitic remarks, if they are not judged, lead to death, as has been historically noted.
I do understand alcoholism but luckily only from a textbook perspective. I do know that at its absolute worst, the vitamin deficiencies do cause severe, permanent brain damage. Mel can't be that far gone yet and thus remains responsible for his behavior. AA would agree.
Thanks for the correction. And, it would make more sense that they had friends at the local sheriff's office in Malibu.
In his case, the acorn did not fall far from the tree.
He was a drunk for years when he was younger. I saw a Kiefer Sutherland interview in which he talks about blackouts and having no idea what he did. There doesn't need to be brain damage for there to be blackouts.
I admit.... I do not want to believe this story.
maybe too much
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Marlon Brando at least waited til just before he died to make such comments. There was an interview, where he openly claimed that Hollywood is owned by the Jews.
Too late to punish him.
I can't see Mel being that loose with his words. Must have been a very weak moment for him. Something must have happened.
That doesn't sound right. From what I've seen (and I admit, I haven't followed the ticket sales very closely) the Passion grossed close to $612 million world wide. So it would seem a bit out of synch that Gibson could have netted $700 million from that movie.
Still, whatever he netted, it was likely a pretty large sum- more than enough to keep his career occupied, as you suggested.
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