Posted on 07/29/2006 10:39:11 AM PDT by dogbyte12
Mel Gibson
LOS ANGELES - A blitzed Mel Gibson launched into an obscenity-laced tirade when he was busted on suspicion of drunken driving early yesterday, threatening an officer and making anti-Semitic and sexually abusive remarks, according to a police report.
The "Passion of the Christ" director repeatedly said, "My life is f----d," according to the report by Los Angeles County Deputy James Mee, which was obtained by TMZ.com. The celebrity news Web site posted excerpts of the handwritten report.
Gibson, 50, was pulled over for speeding at 3:10 a.m. on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, Calif., cops said. The Oscar-winning "Braveheart" star and director was driving 80 mph when he was snared by a radar trap, sheriff's deputies said. The speed limit in that area is 45 mph to 55 mph.
Gibson failed both alcohol breath and field sobriety tests, deputies said. His blood-alcohol level was .12, Deputy Anthony Moore said. The legal limit is .08 in California.
According to the incident report obtained by TMZ.com, the Road Warrior embarked on a belligerent, anti-Semitic outburst when he realized he had been busted.
"F-----g Jews. The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world," Mee's report quotes him as saying.
"Are you a Jew?" Gibson asked the deputy, according to the report.
The actor also berated the deputy, threatening, "You motherf----r. I'm going to f--- you," according to Mee's report.
The actor also told the cop he "owns Malibu" and would spend all his money "to get even with me," Mee said in his report.
TMZ quoted a law enforcement source as saying Gibson noticed a female sergeant on the scene and yelled at her, "What do you think you're looking at, sugar t--s?"
Deputy Mee then wrote an eight-page report detailing of the incident, but higher-ups in the sheriff's department felt it was too "inflammatory" to release and would merely serve to incite "Jewish hatred," TMZ said.
Reached for comment on TMZ's report last night, Deputy Moore said the department would neither deny nor confirm its content. He could offer no explanation for why Mee's report was withheld from reporters.
Gibson rep Alan Neirob could not be reached for comment last night.
Earlier, when asked about the arrest, his assistant said in an e-mailed statement, "At this time we don't have any information on this matter but are checking into it."
A devout Catholic, Gibson has been dogged by allegations of anti-Semitism - which he has steadfastly denied - since his 2004 film "The Passion of the Christ," about the crucifixion of Jesus.
Once known as a Hollywood bad boy, the Aussie-raised Gibson was known to down five beers before breakfast at his partying peak. But Gibson has said he gave up drinking in the 1980s at the urging of Tina Turner, his co-star in "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome."
Gibson was previously busted for driving under the influence in 1984. In that case, he ran a red light and struck another car in Toronto while filming "Mrs. Soffel" with Diane Keaton. He pleaded guilty and was fined $240.
After yesterday's bust, Gibson was booked at the Lost Hills sheriff's station at 4:06 a.m. The father of seven spent a few hours in the lockup before being released on $5,000 bail at 9:45 a.m., sheriff's deputies said.
His case will be further investigated and sent to the district attorney's office for review. No court date has been set.
The sheriff's department has previously released mug shots of other stars arrested for drunken driving, including actress Kim Delaney in 2002, but Gibson's booking photo "was not available," according to department spokesman Steve Whitmore.
Sheriff Lee Baca personally ordered Gibson's mug kept under wraps, a deputy told the Daily News.
The California Highway Patrol, which has busted stars including Nick Nolte and former "Growing Pains" cutie Tracey Gold for DUI, routinely releases stars' mug shots, no matter how unflattering.
Thank G*d they didn't pull Bruce Willis over. Willis might threaten to f------ kill them, f------ cook them, and f------ eat them.
Why are you going through and responding to posts that are 3-4 hours old? Everyone knows that there's been later news-- we saw his statement and commented on that thread.
Frankly I dont understand why folks want to deny, what seems to be the truth of what happened...he was speeding, he got caught, he was drunk, and he was also very mouthy, and said things he should not have said...
I dont see some great big old conspiracy here, to discredit him...he, himself has apologized, has admitted to having been driving under the influence, and has admitted to having said things he should not have said...even he is not somehow claiming that there is some sort of a conspiracy...
He is doing the right thing, by admitting all that he did and said was wrong, and he has apologized...
There are no black helicopters overhead, and there is no conspiracy...
I am greatly disappointed when anyone acts like this, its just horrid behavior...I dont really have any strong feelings about Mel Gibson one way or the other...I have admired his films, and have enjoyed them...I neither idolize him, nor do I detest him...
But Mel Gibson is a man, is a human, prone to error...as are we all...he will be made to answer for this, and hopefully he will learn from it...
And the mug shot!!!
I'm just trying to give the guy a break.
Its not like he went overseas and bad-mouthed the President or his Country.
The man just got drunk and spouted off..
Yeah - Mel. "Jews have started all the wars in the world"?
But according to the police report, it was just tequila.
LOL! And frankly, from your photos Saddam looks saner.
Well...I am just about as RIGHT-wing as they come, and I believe it because I heard him slamming GW long and hard numerous times for no real reason, unless by him slamming GW, he thought he could have it both ways!
IMO...he made a point of doing it for his own personal gain so he could 'sell' his movie to the Christians and yet still be an in-crowd hollywood liberal!
I just can NOT believe Mel Gibson would say such a thing!!!
Like him or not (and I do) but Mel stepped in it! Welcome back to Hollywood Mel. See how they embrace you now after "The Passion".
Really? Tell me the false info.
Your false info was your post, that there were liberals on the thread spreading lies. There weren't.
Because you didn't see it, doesn't mean it's not posted.
Well, show me where a liberal posted untruths, because I missed it.
Sorry. Keep thinking I'm wrong, it will make you all warm and fuzzy.
I'd prefer the truth, but if you have no wish to enlighten me, sobeit.
Gibson apologizes:
Updated: 1 hour, 53 minutes ago
MALIBU, Calif. - Mel Gibson issued a lengthy statement Saturday apologizing for saying “despicable” things to sheriff's deputies when he was arrested for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol.
“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,” the actor-director said without elaborating.
The entertainment Web site TMZ posted what it said were four pages from the original arrest report, which quoted Gibson as launching an expletive-laden “barrage of anti-Semitic remarks” after he was stopped early Friday on Pacific Coast Highway.
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In his statement, Gibson apologized for what he called “my belligerent behavior” when he was taken into custody.
“The arresting officer was just doing his job and I feel fortunate that I was apprehended before I caused injury to any other person,” he said.
“I disgraced myself and my family with my behavior and for that I am truly sorry. I have battled with the disease of alcoholism for all of my adult life and profoundly regret my horrific relapse.”
He said he was taking “necessary steps to ensure my return to health.”
Gibson, 50, was arrested after deputies stopped his 2006 Lexus LS 430 for speeding at 2:36 a.m. Friday. Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore said deputies clocked him doing 87 mph in a 45 mph zone.
He has lost my respect. I don't care how much he apologizes.
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