![]() ![]() Michael Gennaco, the top lawyer for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department Office of Independent Review, said he had "no reason to doubt" that all the details of Gibson's arrest would be presented to the district attorney's office. ( Watch the fallout from Gibson's arrest - 3:00)Īn independent review board has found the sheriff's department handled Gibson's arrest "in accord with its policies and practices," but it is still looking into whether deputies' initial report on the incident was sanitized, the board's chief lawyer said Tuesday. Questions also have been raised over whether the star received special treatment during his arrest. Gibson faced accusations of anti-Semitism during the publicity storm that surrounded his film "The Passion of the Christ," which the Anti-Defamation League said portrayed Jews as "bloodthirsty" and "evil." But in Tuesday's statement, Gibson said, "Hatred of any kind goes against my faith." Arrest under review "I want to apologize specifically to everyone in the Jewish community for the vitriolic and harmful words that I said to a law enforcement officer the night I was arrested on a DUI charge." "There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of anti-Semitic remark," Gibson said in a statement issued by his publicist. In his apology Tuesday, Gibson said the anti-Semitic comments were "blurted out in a moment of insanity." ( Watch how Mel's meltdown might cost him - 1:54) The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world," according to a sheriff's report obtained by the entertainment Web site TMZ.com, which is owned by CNN.com parent company Time Warner. ![]() If convicted, Gibson faces up to six months in jail, fines and suspension of his driver's license.ĭuring his arrest, Gibson asked the arresting deputy whether he was a Jew and said, "F-ing Jews. Gibson's arraignment was set for September 28 in Malibu Superior Court. ![]() In California, a driver is considered legally intoxicated at 0.08 percent. Friday after a Los Angeles County deputy sheriff allegedly observed him driving his 2006 Lexus at more than 85 mph.Ī breath test indicated Gibson's blood-alcohol level was 0.12 percent, law enforcement officials have said. Gibson was stopped on the coast highway at 2:09 a.m. Gibson's publicist, Alan Nierob, said he would have no comment. The open container charge is an infraction of the California vehicle code, said Deputy District Attorney Ralph Shapiro, who heads the Malibu office. Gibson later issued two apologies through his publicist. Gibson's brush with the law became a national water cooler obsession after reports that he had made anti-Semitic and sexist remarks. The charges were filed in Malibu five days after the Academy Award winning actor-director was stopped and arrested on Pacific Coast Highway. LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) - Mel Gibson was charged Wednesday with misdemeanor drunken driving, as well as driving with an elevated blood alcohol level and an open container of alcohol in his car, prosecutors said. ![]()
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