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Mel Gibson apologizes for DUI arrest
AP ^ | 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.


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To: Mamzelle

Irish Catholic.


321 posted on 07/30/2006 10:14:53 AM PDT by wtc911 (You can't get there from here)
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To: daku

OJ Simpson?


322 posted on 07/30/2006 10:16:49 AM PDT by Nihil Obstat
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To: Howlin
You are so odd.

Goodbye.

323 posted on 07/30/2006 10:25:33 AM PDT by beyond the sea (The truth exists even when it is ignored.)
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To: beyond the sea

I never EVER post to you.

You always post to me first.

I wish I thought it was good bye.


324 posted on 07/30/2006 10:26:58 AM PDT by Howlin (Pres.Bush ought to be ashamed of himself for allowing foreign countries right on our borders!!~~Zook)
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To: SJackson
You may have missed it, but Patrick Kennedy had a similar experience recently. The DUI and favortism by law enforcement part, he didn't abuse the cops, attempt to flee the scene, or engage in presenting his rather despicable fathers views. Check the threads, it's fair to say Freerepublic ripped him a new one.

I think the point was the favorable treatment "Patches" got in the press for his battle against addicition and the sympathetic news articles.

325 posted on 07/30/2006 10:28:47 AM PDT by Hacksaw (Deport illegals the same way they came here - one at a time.)
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To: Howlin; beyond the sea

Let me make this abundantly and unequivocally clear: I was speaking in general, and not making a reference to any particular poster; and further, by force of logic, I most certainly was not referring specifically to Howlin or beyond the sea.

It was a generality, which is also not to say that I apply that description to all Freepers. I do not.


326 posted on 07/30/2006 10:38:54 AM PDT by Petronski (Living His life abundantly.)
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To: Petronski; beyond the sea

He knew that; he spends a lot of time reading my posts, looking for something to pounce on.

He might as well be at CP. Probably is.


327 posted on 07/30/2006 10:41:17 AM PDT by Howlin (Pres.Bush ought to be ashamed of himself for allowing foreign countries right on our borders!!~~Zook)
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To: Petronski

After reviewing the record, I must revise and extend my remarks. I believe the phrase "bloody psychotic" might well apply to rcocean, though I am not qualified to make psychological diagnoses.


328 posted on 07/30/2006 10:42:19 AM PDT by Petronski (Living His life abundantly.)
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To: Howlin; rcocean; Petronski
I'm picking up on that.

'rcocean' (in post 249) was the one Petronski was speaking to and ABOUT in post # 267 to YOU.

Petronski wrote to you, “Actually, in this context, the polite phrase "mean-spirited" usually substitutes for "bloody-well psychotic."

You were referring to rcocean in post #268. If you cannot admit it.... that's just fine.

But you are the one on this excellent forum who is repeatedly barking at others who do exactly as you just did ..... that is to not ping someone to whom you had referred. That is the plain and simple truth. You are being either not too smart or just dishonest. Which one?

329 posted on 07/30/2006 10:45:06 AM PDT by beyond the sea (The truth exists even when it is ignored.)
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To: veronica

It will be alright.


330 posted on 07/30/2006 10:46:37 AM PDT by beyond the sea (The truth exists even when it is ignored.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Tell that to all the guys out in Hollyweird who are in charge of the porn industry.


331 posted on 07/30/2006 10:48:27 AM PDT by beyond the sea (The truth exists even when it is ignored.)
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To: Petronski; rcocean
Why did you post it to rcocean, then..... who you had been "debating"?

Just asking, P.

332 posted on 07/30/2006 10:51:49 AM PDT by beyond the sea (The truth exists even when it is ignored.)
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To: beyond the sea

One does not debate with rcocean. It is not possible.


333 posted on 07/30/2006 10:53:31 AM PDT by Petronski (Living His life abundantly.)
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To: Petronski
LOL........ I gotta get out of here ... the plants are calling.

Hope you two are doing FINE!

p.s. no more Rolling Rock Beer ..... ugh!

334 posted on 07/30/2006 10:55:54 AM PDT by beyond the sea (The truth exists even when it is ignored.)
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To: veronica
re: he made an anti-semitic film)))

That's the real issue here. An opportunity--a stick to beat those who found the film monumental, albeit difficult, important, and transcendent. The man is disgraced, therefore his work shall be disgraced. Wishful thinking. Cecil B Demille wasn't a saint, either.

The fewer allies Israel has, the more determined American Jews are to drive them away.

Considering the roiling antisemitism--the serious, dangerous kind, rather than a drunken, vulgar outburst--in this world today, including a recent murdr in Seattle, it's nice to have something personal and spiteful to focus on, isn't it? Like a good ole snarky "I told you so."

335 posted on 07/30/2006 11:39:25 AM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: elkfersupper

I was a trooper for 25 years. I'll bet as much as you wish to wager.


336 posted on 07/30/2006 12:37:03 PM PDT by Scotsman will be Free
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To: Scotsman will be Free
I was a trooper for 25 years. I'll bet as much as you wish to wager.

Sorry, but I don't want to take your money. In case you haven't noticed, people are being stopped, arrested, prosecuted, convicted and sentenced with BAC's of .02.

337 posted on 07/30/2006 12:44:28 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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To: Petronski; All
The bottom line on Mel Gibson comes from South Park when Stan commented about Mel, "He's coo-coo, Dude. He's absolutely out of his mind." You can watch it HERE.

(Warning for you non-South Park Types: This video can be a bit crude...Okay, a lot crude but it is FUnnie---and TRUE!}

338 posted on 07/30/2006 12:44:59 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
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To: Vision

As part of his rehabilitation and community service, they ought to make Mel a temporary US ambassador for Israel to the UN!~}


339 posted on 07/30/2006 12:52:56 PM PDT by funkywbr
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To: veronica

Mel gibson never publicly refutted his father's claims that the Holocaust never happened, and made a movie that almost completely left out the role of the Romans in the death of Jesus.

I don't understand why anyone here so surprised he's an anti-Semite.


340 posted on 07/30/2006 12:59:23 PM PDT by red state girl (never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never - Winston Churchill)
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