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Mel Gibson apologizes for DUI arrest
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| 7/29/06
| SANDY COHEN
Posted on 07/29/2006 2:12:15 PM PDT by Vision
Mel Gibson apologizes for DUI arrest
LOS ANGELES - Mel Gibson issued a lengthy statement Saturday apologizing for his drunk driving arrest and saying he has battled alcoholism throughout his life.
Gibson also apologized for what he said were "despicable" statements he made to the deputies who arrested him early Friday morning on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu.
"I acted like a person completely out of control when I was arrested," he said in a statement issued by his publicist. "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."
Publicist Alan Nierob declined to elaborate beyond the statement.
Gibson, 50, was arrested for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol after deputies stopped his 2006 Lexus LS 430 for speeding. Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said deputies clocked him doing 87 mph in a 45 mph zone.
A breath test indicated Gibson's blood-alcohol level was 0.12 percent, Whitmore said. The legal limit in California is 0.08 percent.
The actor was released early Friday after posting $5,000 bail.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: careerapocalypto; drunkahole; drunkenfool; etohsafeandsane; melgibson
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To: rcocean
Why are you mocking her? She told a story about her life and you mock her?
Despicable.
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posted on
07/29/2006 10:29:29 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(Pres.Bush ought to be ashamed of himself for allowing foreign countries right on our borders!!~~Zook)
To: Howlin
YES he/she/it/whateverthehell is mocking hildy without a care.
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posted on
07/29/2006 10:31:26 PM PDT
by
cyborg
(No I don't miss the single life at all.)
To: Hildy
I put an Israeli flag, along with a US flag, on my patio and I was called a name Welcome to the world! I live in Seattle and have been flying an American flag and have been trashed. There is no way up here I would put a pro-administration sticker on my car...liberal hatred makes me afraid.
Liberal "tolerance" doesn't exist!
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posted on
07/29/2006 10:35:17 PM PDT
by
paulat
To: ALOHA RONNIE
To: Greg Weston; veronica
I found on your profile:
Maybe Pat Buchanan has it right about the neo-CONS. Perhaps it's time for a little isolationism. Beats trying to play world cop.
So, just admit you hate Jews and be done with it. In fact, I'd respect your honesty.
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posted on
07/29/2006 10:42:29 PM PDT
by
Hildy
To: Hildy
Throwin those cards around pretty good...Take lessons from Sharpton? Jesse Jackson maybe? About as effective.
To: Howlin
I mocking her because of her absurd OTT rhetoric.
She's afraid! Its "Open Season On Jews"! Why? Because *one* looney killed *one* jewish-american? One out of what ten million?
How many Israeli's have died in the last week? And they don't whine or cry themselves to sleep at night.
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posted on
07/29/2006 10:45:10 PM PDT
by
rcocean
(Copyright is theft and loved by Hollywood socialists)
To: rcocean
You are totally clueless and rude, to boot.
Shameful.
You should apologize to her, but you don't have the class to do it.
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posted on
07/29/2006 10:46:12 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(Pres.Bush ought to be ashamed of himself for allowing foreign countries right on our borders!!~~Zook)
To: cyborg
Who the hell ARE these shameful people?
209
posted on
07/29/2006 10:46:57 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(Pres.Bush ought to be ashamed of himself for allowing foreign countries right on our borders!!~~Zook)
To: Howlin
It appears that stormfront is alive and well on FR.
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posted on
07/29/2006 10:47:14 PM PDT
by
Texasforever
(I have neither been there nor done that.)
To: Howlin
I don't know but I'm not giving any more of my vital energy to this fool.
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posted on
07/29/2006 10:48:08 PM PDT
by
cyborg
(No I don't miss the single life at all.)
To: Texasforever
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posted on
07/29/2006 10:48:39 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(Pres.Bush ought to be ashamed of himself for allowing foreign countries right on our borders!!~~Zook)
To: Petronski
He is wrong, and if you agree with him, you too are wrong.Exactly how you were wrong defending Gibson against anti-semetic charges leveled against him when "The Passion" came out. Suck to be exposed. lol.
PS Dang I've got a great memory.
To: Hootch
I've met Mel at my kids school several times and he is a great guy. He seems to be consumed with hatred planted by his father, but he's able to suppress it as long as the Israelis aren't defending themselves.
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posted on
07/29/2006 10:51:53 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: stands2reason
I'm surprised by the hypocrisy of Freepers who condemn the left's anti-semitism but support Mel, because he made a movie they likedYou nailed it.
To: Invincibly Ignorant
What does making a movie about the life of Christ has to do with drunk driving today?
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posted on
07/29/2006 10:53:54 PM PDT
by
cyborg
(No I don't miss the single life at all.)
To: Greg Weston
You dealt the card, sweetie..NEO CON is just code for JEW.
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posted on
07/29/2006 10:54:49 PM PDT
by
Hildy
To: Howlin
Who the hell ARE these shameful people?I'm not sure, but they seem to come out after midnight. I'm going to sleep...Can't wait to wake up to another bunch of bad news.....sigh....
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posted on
07/29/2006 10:58:14 PM PDT
by
Hildy
To: Hildy
>>>You dealt the card, sweetie..NEO CON is just code for JEW.<<<
In you're fantasies only.
To: Howlin
Why apologize when I'm right?
What right does she have to fly the Israeli flag in the *USA* without comment. Is Israel the 51st state? Jews are dying in Lebanon, and she's upset that someone made a "comment".
I wouldn't have make a nasty comment. But then I wouldn't go to a foreign country, fly the USA flag, and complain if it got a negative reaction.
But that's just me - an average American.
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posted on
07/29/2006 10:58:35 PM PDT
by
rcocean
(Copyright is theft and loved by Hollywood socialists)
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