Los Angeles – An official police report on Mel Gibson’s arrest on drunken-driving charges substantiates claims that he made anti-Semitic remarks and threatened a deputy, a law-enforcement official said Monday.
Sheriff’s department officials Monday sent prosecutors their case, which also says a tequila bottle was found in Gibson’s car when he was pulled over on the Pacific Coast Highway.
Gibson had released a lengthy statement Saturday apologizing for saying “despicable” things to sheriff’s deputies when he was arrested, but he did not elaborate.
The report forwarded to prosecutors cites Gibson as making disparaging comments about Jews, according to the law-enforcement official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.
The district attorney’s office confirmed prosecutors had received the case and it was under review. A tentative arraignment date was set for Sept. 28.
In his statement, Gibson said he has struggled with alcoholism and taken steps “to ensure my return to health.”
The actor was “participating in an ongoing program to deal with this,” Gibson’s publicist, Alan Nierob, told The Associated Press Monday. “The guy is trying to stay alive.”
Gibson was arrested after deputies stopped his 2006 Lexus LS 430 for speeding at 2:36 a.m. Friday. Whitmore said deputies clocked him going 87 mph in a 45-mph zone.
A breath test indicated Gibson’s blood-alcohol level was 0.12 percent, Whitmore said. In California, a driver is legally intoxicated at 0.08 percent. Gibson posted $5,000 bail and was released hours later.
