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.
Mel may be no angel, but I suspect his wife is a saint!
also his refusal to make any public effort to restrain gross irresponsibility by congress in various spending issues until it became a media issue in the last year, and his entitlement expansions/inventions. any claim by republicans to be a small-government party are laughable at this point. his refusal to veto anything in 5 years until this month would be included.
for me, foreign policy and judicial appointments are the positive highlights of the bush admin, along with an end to incessant gun control mantras from dem pols. I do think gun control itself changed and will be harder to resurrect as a result of 9/11, not that the next dem president wont try.
No one says he used force- or at least I didn't read such.
The question is what he was screaming and there is no way that either bigotry or obscenities would be considered special incidental circumstances to the arrest.
If this report is not true then you will hear of a defamation suit in the very near future.
I know Mel has had drinking problems in the past, but this does not mean he said any of the garbage he is reported to say per this article posted here. I for one have no intention of believing it unless it comes from reliable sources.
Maybe...{{{shrug}}}
Probably the "sugar toes" crack. I can't see a female cop taking that as a compliment.
Yes, his hands were the ones pictured during that scene of "The Passion".
Yes, his hands were the ones pictured during that scene of "The Passion".
So, do I get to make a crack about him being hammered?
My favorite is still Glen Campbell. Hit and run DUI and he sang Rhinestone Cowboy in his cell. And I love Glen - think he's one of the most talented people left on this earth. Some of us just fall down sometimes.
LOL! Close enough I'd say.
Unfortunately, I tend to believe the claim that Gibson launched into a tirade against Jews, especially given the razzing many Rabbi's gave him during the release of "Passion of the Christ".
After all, you gotta figure that Gibson, at some level, loves his father and therefore would tend to resent or hate those who point out the fact that old man Gibson is a raving anti-Jewish lunatic.
Looks like Gibson is another Hollyhwood icon I will be avoiding like the plague.
Sad, too. I kinda liked his acting.
Oh man, I forgot all about the country western world of drinking. A target rich environment.
Maybe this is a ploy of Gibson's (his agent suggested it) to revive his career. After his Passion of Christ, he was probably black-listed by the socialist/athiest Hollyweird elites, and this is his way of saying "See? I'm human. I erred. I've seen the ""light"". No more religion for me! Now I hate Jews as much as you do. Take me back into the fold.....PLEEEZE!"
Either that, or it's all just a typical leftist LIE.
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I'm surprised Hollywood doesn't like Mel, given the fact that they think he's anti-Semitic.
I hope the cops had a video camera running with audio.
Being in front of the camera may have been what set him off...if the tape ever surfaces don't be surprised if he also performed the Braveheart speech in the middle of PCH.
Left coast Hollywood showing its true anti-jewish colors. No surprise.
Unfortunately, "him" is interchangeable with Mel and Jesus. As usual, Jesus is innocent.
How sure are you that racial or sexual comments wouldn't be considered obstructing arrest or creating a disturbance? Especially when they are reported in the article as being directed towards the cops.
Is Hollywood anti-semitic or anti-Isreal? There are a lot of non-practicing self-loathing jews in Hollywood
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