Post by visionary on Aug 3, 2006 6:33:33 GMT -5
Mel got busted 
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.
The charges were filed in Malibu five days after the Academy Award winning actor-director was stopped and arrested on Pacific Coast Highway.
Gibson's brush with the law became a national water cooler obsession after reports that he had made anti-Semitic and sexist remarks. Gibson later issued two apologies through his publicist. (Watch Gibson's second apology -- 1:30)
The open container charge is an infraction of the California vehicle code, said Deputy District Attorney Ralph Shapiro, who heads the Malibu office.
Gibson's publicist, Alan Nierob, said he would have no comment. (Watch TMZ.com's camera-phone video of Gibson before his arrest -- 1:05)
Gibson was stopped on the coast highway at 2:09 a.m. Friday after a Los Angeles County deputy sheriff allegedly observed him driving his 2006 Lexus at more than 85 mph.
A breath test indicated Gibson's blood-alcohol level was 0.12 percent, law enforcement officials have said. In California, a driver is considered legally intoxicated at 0.08 percent.
www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/08/02/gibson.charged/index.html
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.
The charges were filed in Malibu five days after the Academy Award winning actor-director was stopped and arrested on Pacific Coast Highway.
Gibson's brush with the law became a national water cooler obsession after reports that he had made anti-Semitic and sexist remarks. Gibson later issued two apologies through his publicist. (Watch Gibson's second apology -- 1:30)
The open container charge is an infraction of the California vehicle code, said Deputy District Attorney Ralph Shapiro, who heads the Malibu office.
Gibson's publicist, Alan Nierob, said he would have no comment. (Watch TMZ.com's camera-phone video of Gibson before his arrest -- 1:05)
Gibson was stopped on the coast highway at 2:09 a.m. Friday after a Los Angeles County deputy sheriff allegedly observed him driving his 2006 Lexus at more than 85 mph.
A breath test indicated Gibson's blood-alcohol level was 0.12 percent, law enforcement officials have said. In California, a driver is considered legally intoxicated at 0.08 percent.
www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/08/02/gibson.charged/index.html