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.
No doubt TheSmokingGun.com will put up the actual arrest report on its site soon.
Last I saw, everything in any article that Gibson is purported to have said is sourced back to TMZ.
Being taken into custody is an incident all on its own. Without incident is usually defined to mean no one was hurt.
I wonder what the female cop will say? Cops out here sometimes use their position to give comeuppance to those they deem to need it. This from a cop-supporter (me).
Most of the ones that live in Hollywood are actually Democrat. Similarly, one can find the same situation in New Orleans among the black population (unfortunately). Dems pander to people who hold century long grudges.
I don't know, but if you're drunk and driving on PCH you should have your butt handed to you. Personally, I love the road -- probably one of the ten best in the U.S. -- but it's dangerous as hell.
I've always found it amusing that liberals would be shocked to hear these alleged utterances in conversation, but have no problem with the fact that the raison d'être of the entire Muslim world is the extinction of Israel and Jews.
Agree completely. I try to avoid it in the summer. He must have only been able to get going that speed because it was the middle of the night. Otherwise it is stop and go all the time!
This sounds a lot like what the Blacks in new orleans say about their own history. And guess which party panders to them in their "victim" mode.
If they truly obtained the report, then either Smoking Gun or someone else will soon obtain it and post it on the web.
So, bottom line ... the truth or untruth of this report should soon be revealed ...
And if the report doesn't filter out, it means TMZ is lying and they don't have the report ...
Sounds like he's been drinking kook-aid.
I've driven the length of it several times, night and day. At night you get wackos in expensive sports cars and crotch rockets speeding around those turns.
Thanks, I didn't know that. I went to the TMZ.com and it looks dubious.
"...Gibson was known to down five beers before breakfast..."
Piker.
And as somebody else has written, an experienced drunk at .12 can keep his/her tongue. Unless of course they are a congenital a-hole.
Jeez, the last person who said that got elected to the Senate from the State of New York.
I drove PCH from SF to LA once. What a white-knuckler that was (breathtaking views, breathtaking near misses). I had to pull over a few times just to let all the speeders pass. Some areas are normal but the part between Carmel and SLO was worth the rest of it.
That's not surprising since most newspapers, and TV news channels don't bother to get verification of anything they report these days, especially if it is about Catholics, Israel and Republicans.
If you make the drive again, there's a great rib place along the way outside Carmel (I think). Basically a tiny motel with blues and barbecue...can't remember the name, but you can't miss it. A one story white wood structure.
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