Mel Gibson

[jilly]

He beat the impaired charge in Canada:

"Gibson was charged with impaired driving in Toronto in 1984 when the vehicle he was diving failed to stop at a red light and struck another vehicle. An Ontario Judge later dropped the impaired driving charge fining him $300 and suspending his driving privileges in the province for 3 months.

http://www.cbc.ca/storyview/AOL/arts/national/2006/07/28/gibson-arrest.html

Between this and the free passes I'm hearing he got in the States I guess he was feeling mighty invincible.

 

[Tom'sGirl]

OKay DA charged him with :

1 count of driving under the influence(misdemeanor)
1 count of blood alcohol over .08(misdemeanor)
1. infraction open container(infraction)

court late SEptember.

No comment as to why no "trying to escape" or "resisting arrest "type charge.

Or speeding

 

[Liz]

LOL! I am just thinking out loud Liz..didn't mean to sound like I had all the answers. i am guessing just like you. I am doing too many things at once...sorry

JBean, you didn't come off that way to me, at all.
No worries.

 

[chicoliving]

I thought it odd that an officer/deputy took MG to the impound lot to get his car...not sure of the time that elapsed but its doubtful he was without any BAC within a few hours.

 

[JBean]

I thought it odd that an officer/deputy took MG to the impound lot to get his car...not sure of the time that elapsed but its doubtful he was without any BAC within a few hours.

They talked about that on KFI today. They said it wasn't unusual for the deputies to help people out like that, especially celebs in malibu to avoid paparazzi. I would guess between 2:30 and 5 am would be enough time to get the BAC down under .08?

 

[jilly]

I thought I read somewhere that he was detained for 7 hours.

eta ...nevermind - I've just read he was released at 4:06 am - yet another report says he was booked at 4 am.

 

[Buzz Mills]

Oh I 'm sorry i see what you;re saying. But just because they didn't sight him for speeding, they can still say he was speeding. They could also just say he was weaving.

Let's complain to the media that Mel wasn't cited for speeding, like any of us most certainly would have been, had it been us.

Throw the book at him. The city needs money, and he has it. just kidding

 

[Tom'sGirl]

I thought it odd that an officer/deputy took MG to the impound lot to get his car...not sure of the time that elapsed but its doubtful he was without any BAC within a few hours.

Sheriff's Department officials confirmed to The Times on Tuesday that a uniformed deputy drove Gibson from the Malibu-Lost Hills station to a tow yard to retrieve his Lexus LS sedan after he was released on bail Friday morning. Department spokesman Steve Whitmore said the 10-mile ride in a marked patrol car was not unusual.

"We do this for someone from time to time at all of our stations," he said, adding that officials decided to drive Gibson to avoid a confrontation with gathering media.

But one department source, who asked not to be identified because of the case's sensitivity, said it was a courtesy rarely extended to other suspects at the station.

Gennaco expressed surprise that Gibson had been driven by a deputy and said he would look into it. He said the decision to drive the actor could well be within policy, depending on why it was made.

Earlier in the day at a news conference outside his office in Commerce, Gennaco criticized the department's initial handling of the case. Reporters were not initially informed of Gibson's profane outbursts, attempt to escape custody and repeated threats to the arresting deputy. Instead, Whitmore initially described the arrest as "without incident."

"If I described what I know about the arrest, I'm not sure I would have used those words," Gennaco said.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-me-gibson2aug02,0,7019522.story?coll=la-home-headlines

 

[JBean]

Let's complain to the media that Mel wasn't cited for speeding, like any of us most certainly would have been, had it been us.

Throw the book at him. The city needs money, and he has it. just kidding

you are one bad Buzz.

 

[Tom'sGirl]

Let's complain to the media that Mel wasn't cited for speeding, like any of us most certainly would have been, had it been us.

Throw the book at him. The city needs money, and he has it. just kidding

If it had been me I would have been held for hours, and my Lexus would haven't been released to me. I would have had to call someone for a ride to go pay and get it out!

And I'm not kidding

 

[JBean]

O.C. woman's Holocaust saga in TV limbo

A miniseries about the life of Flory Van Beek was developed by Mel Gibson's company.

By VALERIE TAKAHAMA
The Orange County Register
A miniseries based on the memoir of a Newport Beach woman who survived the Holocaust faced an uncertain future Tuesday after ABC announced it was canceling the project. The miniseries was being developing by Mel Gibson's company, Icon Productions.

Based on "Flory: Survival in the Valley of Death" by Flory Van Beek, the project was canceled on Monday. The announcement came shortly after Gibson made crude, anti-Semitic remarks when he was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving last week in Malibu.

ABC, in announcing the cancellation, said in a short statement that since "it has been nearly two years and we have yet to see the first draft of a script, we have decided to no longer pursue this project with Icon."

Network spokesman Kevin Brockman declined to comment on whether the decision was motivated by Gibson's arrest

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/abox/article_1230491.php

 

[JBean]

our local news just said it ws his first offense. FWIW.

 

[Floh]

To leave the anti-semetic remarks out of the arrest report was common sense, according to this piece. i would agree, having read what she has to say:

"Why The Police Did No Wrong Regarding the Mel Gibson Drunk-Driving Arrest Report: If They Did Omit Gibson's Anti-Semitic Remarks, That Was Only Proper"

"From a purely legal standpoint, the decision to include or exclude Gibson's religious slurs in the original police report turned on one question: In the arresting officer's professional opinion, did Gibson's statements either inculpate or exculpate him from the crime for which he was charged, namely DUI?

My guess is that they did neither.

Make no mistake, there are several types of statements made every day by motorists who are stopped for suspected DUI, and some of these are indeed useful for purposes of prosecuting the offenders. But many are not - in light of the breathalyzer and field sobriety tests that will form the core of the case. Whether the suspect was driving a vehicle with a blood-alcohol level of .08 or higher (the legal limit in California) is obviously the key to the offense."

and more: http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20060803_spilbor.html

 

[Becba]

Interesting post Floh.

When Christian Slater was arrested drunk he was raving that the Germans were coming. Was this based on thoughts he already had? LOL

IMO Mel had been accused of being anti semetic so many times that when he got angry he, in his deluded thinking, tried to be the jerk everyone had accused him of being.

 

[Floh]

Interesting post Floh.

When Christian Slater was arrested drunk he was raving that the Germans were coming. Was this based on thoughts he already had? LOL

IMO Mel had been accused of being anti semetic so many times that when he got angry he, in his deluded thinking, tried to be the jerk everyone had accused him of being.

I think he succeeded!

as for Christian Slater:

"He was arrested again at a party in 1997, for beating his then-girlfriend, fashion editor Michelle Jonas, and for biting a man who attempted to protect her. When the police arrived, Slater did not go quietly, but hid in a stairwell and fought with officers, reportedly shouting, "the Germans are coming and they will kill us!" Slater later explained that he had been bingeing on heroin and cocaine, and hadn't slept in days. All the felony charges against him were eventually dropped. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail, and released after 59."

http://www.nndb.com/people/677/000022611/

he isn't quite as influential as Mr Gibson, though. although i have no doubt there were some who would harbour feelings of deep dislike of Germans due to what they went through. his attitude toward women is questionable, to say the least.

no idea why this character continues to be employed (if he does).

 

[IdahoMom]

Make no mistake, there are several types of statements made every day by motorists who are stopped for suspected DUI, and some of these are indeed useful for purposes of prosecuting the offenders. But many are not - in light of the breathalyzer and field sobriety tests that will form the core of the case. Whether the suspect was driving a vehicle with a blood-alcohol level of .08 or higher (the legal limit in California) is obviously the key to the offense."

and more: http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20060803_spilbor.html

LOL...I was thinking yesterday about when I used to watch COPS (I hate to admit it....)
Most of the arrestees would do their share of trash talking- and alot of it was directed at the police :doh: and the majority of that was...I am going to call so and so and sue you...blah...blah...blah...

The rantings of a drunk person are not pretty. After drink #2, perhaps the bartender ought to do this to them------->:silenced: .

 

[kato]

I think he succeeded!

as for Christian Slater:

"He was arrested again at a party in 1997, for beating his then-girlfriend, fashion editor Michelle Jonas, and for biting a man who attempted to protect her. When the police arrived, Slater did not go quietly, but hid in a stairwell and fought with officers, reportedly shouting, "the Germans are coming and they will kill us!" Slater later explained that he had been bingeing on heroin and cocaine, and hadn't slept in days. All the felony charges against him were eventually dropped. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail, and released after 59."

http://www.nndb.com/people/677/000022611/

he isn't quite as influential as Mr Gibson, though. although i have no doubt there were some who would harbour feelings of deep dislike of Germans due to what they went through. his attitude toward women is questionable, to say the least.

no idea why this character continues to be employed (if he does).

Slater's still employable. I watched a movie called "The Confessor" last weekend with him in it. Get this. He played a priest. LOL

 

[michelle]

Slater's still employable. I watched a movie called "The Confessor" last weekend with him in it. Get this. He played a priest. LOL

LOL, Christian Slater has had quite a few run ins.

 

[Floh]

LOL, Christian Slater has had quite a few run ins.

Here's the thing: i don't think Christian Slater's attitude and behaviour
is laughable. :doh:

i don't think any of the celebs behaving badly is acceptable.

i don't even think Lindsay Lohan repeatedly coming to work late thereby causing loss of money to a production company because she's partying too hard is acceptable.

in the real world, behaviour like that gets you unemployed.

 

[Buzz Mills]

If it had been me I would have been held for hours, and my Lexus would haven't been released to me. I would have had to call someone for a ride to go pay and get it out!

And I'm not kidding

and they would have strip searched us too TG, something that I heard that they do to all drunken driving offenders. Did they strip search Mel?? Of course not. This double standard has to stop. LOL