Mel Gibson arrested for DUI

[blonndee]

Friday, July 28, 2006; Posted: 4:13 p.m. EDT (20:13 GMT)

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Actor and director Mel Gibson was arrested Friday in Malibu, California, and charged with driving under the influence, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office.

Gibson, 50, was pulled over early Friday while driving on the Pacific Coast Highway, said sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore. Officers on patrol reported Gibson was driving at an "excessively fast speed," he said.

He was charged with a misdemeanor and posted $5,000 bond, Whitmore said.

Gibson was not immediately available for comment.

more at http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/28/gibson.dui/index.html

[Aviation Pro]

1. Yet another alcoholic Republican....

...Nice going Riggs.

[w4rma]

45. I'm not sure at all that he is a Republican. Not one bit. In fact he's

probably not a Republican.

Religious != Republican

And that is a mindset that too many Dems need to lose.

[LostinVA]

64. I don't know if he'sa Repub or not, but he is a Freeper

All you have to do is look at his views on: women, choice, the Holocaust, other religions, gays, stem cell resaerch, etc.

He's antiu-war and doesn't like BUsh. Big deal. That doesn't make him a Liberal. Most of teh GOP in Congress are way more Progressive than Gibosn.

[stepnw1f]

2. Ohhhpp...That's 125 Lashes

that's if the rumours are correct.

[barb162]

49. nah, make it 200

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

52. This will have to do for now..

:spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank:

[Lautremont]

3. "Driving under the Influence of Christ, Our Lord and Saviour"

God loves a drunkard.

[Master Mahon]

4. Maybe he was rushing to get ready for

THE RAPTURE!! (Sloshing down a few to help get his nerves in order)

[rfranklin]

8. Do you not know the story of Jesus and the chariot....

It happened right after that wedding where he turned the water into wine.

[Master Mahon]

10. Was that before or after

the 'walking on water' episode? :+

[clydefrand]

5. My, my! Now WWJD in this situation? HE is probably

happy that he got caught since he made that horrible movie about him. (I didn't see his movie, BTW.)

[HereSince1628]

6. Passion of the Gibson...it was water officer it must have turned to wine

[sinkingfeeling]

20. Sorry, I didn't see your post before coming up with the same line!

[MrsT]

7. WWJD

What would Jesus Drink before he drove?

[otohara]

9. I Thought He Gave Up Alcohol

blah, blah, blah - realized he was going over the edge....

[Connie_Corleone]

15. I thought so too.

I thought Jesus saved him from all that. Oh well.

[LostinVA]

28. yada yada yada I'm clean..... blah blah... he also said he gave

up womanizing... hmmmm.......

[Cha]

41. That's right! Your post just

reminded me that reading about mel gibson "giving up alcholol" in the old days was an inspiration to me!

He said one of the perks was that his "skin felt better"!

I think he went through a raging bout with it.

[Selatius]

11. Jesus walked, so at most you could bust him for public drunkenness

Jesus was nowhere to be seen giving advice to Gibson about driving, since Jesus felt horseless carriages were inventions of Satan.

:sarcasm:

[blonndee]

12. **Oopsie. I didn't realize this was already being discussed in GD.***

Sorry about that.

[kaygore]

13. What would Jesus do?????

[RobertSeattle]

14. See, you CAN get drunk on KOOL AID!!!

[zonkers]

16. You gotta be nuts to drive drunk in Malibu. It's a one street town

for the most part and boy the Sherrif's department loves pulling over college girls and celebrities.

[HEyHEY]

17. Man, I hope they nail him to the cross for this

badoom cha

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

37. HEY! Put those seven week old polar bears down!

Haven't you heard? They'll grow up and eat you!
:silly:

[SensibleAmerican]

18. When you claim to have God, you are held to a higher standard

That's just the way it is.

[sinkingfeeling]

19. Oh my, will there be a movie? "The Passion of the Gibson"?

[formercia]

21. 20 lashes with barbed wire

and a dozen Hail Marys at his next Opus Dei meeting.

[norml]

22. Crucify Him! He'd like that.

Torture is a constant theme in many of Mel Gibson's films, as seen in The Passion of The Christ, Braveheart, "Conspiracy Theory", Lethal Weapon, and Payback.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Gibson


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[karlrschneider]

23. Was he drinking Hurricanes? They're made with Passion fruit juice

HAHAHAHAHA I kill me

[Lefty48197]

24. The Passion of the Chivas

.

[IndianaGreen]

35. The Passion of the Mel

Like another poster said, another conservative drunkard.

[brentspeak]

25. Pardon me, but why all this ridicule against Mel Gibson?

He is not some mindless Bush-bot whose hypocrisy has been exposed, unlike what people on this thread are saying. On issues that have religious meaning to him, like abortion and stem cell research, yes, he is on the right. But on all other political issues he's pretty much center-left. And he's against the Iraq War, even praising Michael Moore's film.

Sheesh. Things are not always black-and-white.

[Frank Cannon]

31. Yeah, I agree. He's an idiot, but he's his own idiot.

As religiously whacky as he is, he has expressed his discontent with the fascism he sees taking over this country, and word is that he is absolutely no fan of the current misadministration. He doesn't march to the beat of the current religiofascist drum.

And I think this arrest is sad. He needs help, and I hope he gets it.

I always have to cut Mel some slack because he is, after all, Mad Max, star of two of my favorite movies of all time.

[TommyO]

47. Mel in full leather? YUM!

Mel DUI? Throw the book at him. Thank goodness he was young and handsome at one point.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

54. Right ON!!

I also think Mad Max movie is still awesome!

[Tellurian]

44. How in the world can Gibson be against stem cell research...

This just doesn't make sense..

I'm sure he's heard the embryos are just that unfertilized
embryonic cells that are going to be discarded anyway.

Why in the world would he be against the healing power of those
cells helping someone who has been paralyzed, help them to walk again?

And so many other cures in the offing through stem cell research..

Sorry, I just don't get it..

[LostinVA]

63. Because he is a Freeper, except for his anti-war stance

No matter how much another poster liked working on a movie with him. Mel Gibson is a raving hypocritical,m anti-SEmtic, anti-gay, misogynistic, anti-any religion other than his nutty brand of Catholicism that isn't recognized. He is beyond anti-choice. Gibson is an extremist.

He even said his own wife would go to hell if she didn't convert. Ummm.... Catholics haven't held that as doctrine in a long time...

[MasonJar]

26. Actually didn't Mel Gibson come out a few months back saying

how totally idiotic Bush was?

[otohara]

27. He Did - Here's One of His Quotes on Bush,

He supposedly backed down on Fahrenheit 9/11 due to GOP threats - see below. Also, this is from Wikipedia and as we all know Wikipedia sometimes gets things wrong.


Mel Gibson has never identified himself as being a conservative Republican, but he has been perceived as such to the point that The Washington Times called him one. He joined many of his colleagues in the entertainment industry in opposition to the Iraq War and praised the liberal director Michael Moore and his documentary film Fahrenheit 9/11, leading some to see him as a "real" (traditional) conservative in opposition to the neoconservative policies of the Bush administration and others to believing he leans toward a libertarian viewpoint. Gibson's Icon Productions was originally set to back Moore's film, but mysteriously backed out. Moore claimed in 2004, " got a call from top Republicans to tell Mel Gibson don’t expect to get more invitations to the White House." <17> In 2006 Gibson told Hotdog Magazine, a UK film magazine, that the "fear mongering" depicted in his film Apocalypto "reminds me a little of President Bush and his guys." <18> Many fans have perceived The Patriot (2000), We Were Soldiers (2001) and The Passion of the Christ (2004) as conservative movies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Gibson

[LostinVA]

29. He's an anti-war Freeper

[brook]

33. Mr. Gibson

is neither a troll or a freeper.

[5thGenDemocrat]

36. I know you've covered this before, brook

But didn't you work on a movie with Mel? You brought it up, en passant, a year or two ago on another Gibson thread.
John
And if memory serves me correctly (a dicey proposition at 50), you liked working with him very much.

[brook]

38. Your memory serves you.

And here I am -breaking my vow of silence again. :)

Why should I care what anyone writes about him? Because he really is a nice person - although quite 'human' and like most intelligent folks, cannot be summed up in a headline, a paragraph or a 30 year old interview. Also I like to think real Democrats are smarter than to make baseless declarations of 'fact'. It makes them look like Republicans.

FWIW, I got nabbed in Malibu in the 70's for a DUI. Took a habeus (sp.?) corpus to get out. The sherrif's station isn't the friendliest place for Democrats/movie folks.

[mopinko]

39. a mel story-

the art teacher at my kid's grade school is married to a special effects guy. every year, the art club does what they call "masterpiece t-shirts" copies of great works painted on t-shirts. they auction them off to raise money for art supplies.
said husband always goes to said auction, and makes sure that no shirts go unsold. he has amassed quite a collection. he wears them to work all the time. he was doing a movie with mel, who repeatedly admired the shirts. (these kids do do some amazing painting.)
as it happened, the auction came along, so husband invited mel. he came in and dropped about $2k. gave a bunch of kids the thrill of a lifetime, also.

[brook]

43. Now that's

more like Mel. Thanks for adding some perspective here.

[LostinVA]

53. Mr. Gibson is a major Freeper

His beliefs and attitudes towards gays, women, religious people other than his bonkers "unCatholic" order (including hos own wife), his refusal to deny his father's extreme antisemitic views and holocaust denial screeds, his hypocrisy, etc.

Except for saying -- belatedly -- that he doesn't like Bush's Imperialism, Mel Gibson has never said much of anything to prove he isn't a Freeper.

[slackmaster]

30. I'm afraid to look - Were any dogs harmed during the arrest?

:hide:

[barb162]

50. dogs?

huh?

[slackmaster]

62. There has been a rash of "cops shoot pet dog" threads recently

Maybe you missed it.

[regnaD kciN]

32. Nice to know that this most traditionalist Roman Catholic...

...is truly living a "Spirit-filled" life. :evilgrin:

[BlueStater]

34. He's a bit out there but he's not a Bushite

So I really can't take any pleasure from this.

[pelagius]

40. Catholics aren't teetotalers...

...(not by long shot :toast: ) and I don't know that Mel Gibson has ever promoted himself as a holy Joe or told others how to live. I save my evil glee at failings like this for those moral busybodies who demand a higher standard of conduct from others than they are apparently capable of keeping themselves.

[Kire]

51. Yeah, Man

I like Mel Gibson. I like the Passion. Jesus is all right with me.

I am looking forward to Apocalypto. Am I persona non grata on DU now?

(Thank god this isn't in the Religion/Theology Group, or I'd be done for)

[daleo]

42. He makes some anti-Bush comments, then gets a DUI

Coincidence? I wonder...

Well, it probably is, but Bush seems to be awfully lucky this way. Maybe Gibson could find a doctor who could claim it was "medication", the way Limbaugh did.

[Tellurian]

46. How do we know he was DUI?

Usually they can't wait to announce the blood alcohol level at the time of the arrest.
I haven't heard any such thing.. Maybe the green? He is Irish, methinks..

[ConcernedCanuk]

48. Hmmm - did they change the headline ?

.
.
.

I see

" Mel Gibson arrested on suspicion of DUI "

and the part about being charged with a misdemeanor ain't in there no more -

hmmmmmm

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/28/gibson.dui/index.html

[blonndee]

55. The original headline is what was on CNN at the time.

I copied and pasted it from CNN, along with the excerpted story.

[DemoTex]

56. Too bad it wasn't pot. Then Mel would have been a DU hero.

I'm totally freaked out by drinking and driving. I've done it in the past (never caught), but never in the last 30 years. I totally quit that shit when I got hired at Piedmont Airlines. No drink in the world was worth the dream job I'd worked for so hard. We still went out and drank, but 522-3333 became a very important number in our world (Arlington, Va): Red Top Cab.

Given the posts in the DU Lounge, there are many potential DUIs among us. I hope DUers are smart, and only drink-and-post (as opposed to drink-and-drive).

Mel Gibson is an actor. He is an entertainer. He did a great job in interpreting Col. Hal Moore in "We Were Soldiers." Go to the LZ-Xray website and look at the old footage of Hal Moore, then watch Mel Gibson in "Soldiers."

Back to the pot. I'd put a nickle on that Mel has toked up before. Maybe not. But what does it matter to us? Why are we concerned over his DUI? Let the California courts deal with this infraction. Part of that deal should be a revocation of his driving license. God knows he can afford a driver for a while!

[Tellurian]

57. Mel can and will be a DU hero when he..

sees the light about the benefit of stem cells to humanity.
It's all fine for those of us who take walking freely for granted.

The late Chris Reeves and Michael J. Foxes of the world deserve a chance
to be themselves again. Chris tried really hard, so did Dana, to see
it come true for them. They, unfortunately ran out of time.

There is one consolation though, individual states
are finally allocating money for this research.
IMHO-it is money well spent.

What would Jesus do? Jesus would say, What is wrong with you people? Why would God create
this Earth and all of you and then abandon you to your own devices. He provided millions of
herbs for man to discover to cure disease. He provided man with a brain enhanced with the ability
to grow and learn every single day. What says Jesus is thinking, yes, you can use your
own genetic material to repair yourselves when suffering from serious debilitating pathology.
What took you so long to figure that one out?

[DemoTex]

58. Is Michael J. Fox a "late."

Didn't know that he, too, had died.

[Tellurian]

59. What is a had died?

Does that have something to do with a craze
colored coiffure? Or perhaps a cyclopean miscreant?

[DemoTex]

60. "The late Chris Reeves and Michael J. Foxes of the world .."

Your words ..

[Tellurian]

61. Hmmmm...

Chris Reeves passed away uncured and Michael J Fox is trying to avoid a similar
fate. IOW, he's one of the staunchest champions of stem cell research, as was Reeves.
If you think the grammatical part of my post is more important than the substance..
well, then..

[PansophicOne]

66. I don't think he was attacking you.

I think it was a simple misunderstanding.

[norml]

65. Gibson's Anti-Semitic Tirade

Gibson's Anti-Semitic Tirade -- Alleged Cover Up
Posted Jul 28th 2006 9:15PM by TMZ Staff
Filed under: Celebrity Justice



TMZ has learned that Mel Gibson went on a rampage when he was arrested Friday on suspicion of drunk driving, hurling religious epithets. TMZ has also learned that the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department had the initial report doctored to keep the real story under wraps.

TMZ has four pages of the original report prepared by the arresting officer in the case, L.A. County Sheriff's Deputy James Mee. According to the report, Gibson became agitated after he was stopped on Pacific Coast Highway and told he was to be detained for drunk driving Friday morning in Malibu. The actor began swearing uncontrollably. Gibson repeatedly said, "My life is f****d." Law enforcement sources say the deputy, worried that Gibson might become violent, told the actor that he was supposed to cuff him but would not, as long as Gibson cooperated. As the two stood next to the hood of the patrol car, the deputy asked Gibson to get inside. Deputy Mee then walked over to the passenger door and opened it. The report says Gibson then said, "I'm not going to get in your car," and bolted to his car. The deputy quickly subdued Gibson, cuffed him and put him inside the patrol car.

Once inside the car, a source directly connected with the case says Gibson began banging himself against the seat. The report says Gibson told the deputy, "You mother f****r. I'm going to f*** you." The report also says "Gibson almost continually threatened me saying he 'owns Malibu' and will spend all of his money to 'get even' with me."

The report says Gibson then launched into a barrage of anti-Semitic statements: "F*****g Jews... The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world." Gibson then asked the deputy, "Are you a Jew?"

The deputy became alarmed as Gibson's tirade escalated, and called ahead for a sergeant to meet them when they arrived at the station. When they arrived, a sergeant began videotaping Gibson, who noticed the camera and then said, "What the f*** do you think you're doing?"

snip

http://www.tmz.com/