I was a huge fan of some of Mel Gibson’s movies. All three Mad Max films, the first two Lethal Weapon movies, Year of Living Dangerously, even Braveheart. The fact that he’s one of the few major stars in Hollywood to be a conservative Republican and a deeply religious Catholic did not put me off.

When he made The Passion, a lot of tales made the rounds about his father, a prominent lunatic Holocaust denier. When people accused Gibson of being an anti-Semite for making The Passion, I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

However, if you believe that in vino veritas, then the truth is out and Gibson is scum. TMZ got their hands on a transcript of Gibson’s comments when he was arrested last week for drunk driving in Malibu.

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.

Gibson told the deputy, “You mother f****r. I’m going to f*** you.” The report also says “Gibson almost continually [sic] 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?”

In other words, Gibson is flagrantly breaking the law by speeding and driving under the influence (Fumier would have a ball with this, no?) and when a police officer does his job and treats Gibson like a law-breaker and not a star, Gibson accuses the cop of being Jewish! Back at the station house, Gibson seemed like he was going to pee in his pants and addressed a female sargeant as “sugar tits.”

Now the Malibu police are under fire for attempting to cover this all up:

Deputy Mee was then ordered to write another report, leaving out the incendiary comments and conduct. Sources say Deputy Mee was told the sanitized report would eventually end up in the media and that he could write a supplemental report that contained the redacted information — a report that would be locked in the watch commander’s safe.

But there’s more. Gibson was stopped in Malibu two other times in the past three years for reckless driving and each time got off without a ticket and without being arrested. It seems like most of the police there are star struck:

At one point at the Sheriff’s station, sources say Gibson was “jumping like a monkey” on a steel cage and told the arresting deputy, “I’m not going to hurt you physically. I’m gonna hurt you. I’m gonna make you lose.”

We’re also told that deputies at the Sheriff’s station were star struck by Gibson and a number of them went to Gibson’s holding cell to get a look of the star. The problem for the Sheriff’s department — there’s a mounted camera in the station and the deputies can be seen fawning over the actor. Sheriff’s officials have called some of the officers who were caught on tape in and warned them they might be subject to discipline.

There’s another piece on TMZ by TV lawyer Harvey Levin which will hopefully fan flames that deserve to be fanned.

Let me just say, I am privy to incontrovertible evidence that he did indeed try to bolt. It will come out, and it will shock you.

But even worse is that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has become a shill to celebrities. I knew this 11 years ago with Tony Danza, who beat up a photographer and stole his camera. The Sheriffs were ridiculous — they merely asked him to return the camera, which Danza did after removing the film. That was just fine with the Sheriffs.

Well, it’s gotten a lot worse. In the Mel Gibson case, I called the lieutenant who was on duty Friday, who told me that Gibson’s arrest was “without incident.” And I asked her about the anti-Semitic comments around mid-day. She said, in the phoniest of ways, “Oh, I’m just sure that’s not the case.” It was such a lying comment — I just felt it.

Well, turns out that this time I was right on target. The lieutenant who gave me the bogus statement is the same person who told the arresting Deputy to 86 the truth and create a bullshit explanation for what went down.

The Sheriff’s Department is so screwed. They thought they could protect their celebrity resident who did not deserve protection. What they didn’t know is that we’d get a copy of the report that they tried to censor. And what’s worse, there’s evidence that I’m not allowed to report that will nail them to the wall.

UPDATE: My previous closing comment was a bit extreme so I’ve removed it. Gibson has checked himself into rehab. I expect in two months that he will appear on Oprah and all will be forgiven – by some – and his career will not go into the toilet.

I’ve turned on “moderate comments” which doesn’t mean that you can only post moderate comments, it means I get to see them before they are on public display. I understand that the situation in the Middle East is an emotional issue and that there is validity to a wide spectrum of views. However I do not see the need to let this blog be a forum for juvenile hate messages; there are plenty of other venues for that. If you want to believe that by my doing this, you have riled me or gotten to me in some sense – well, you haven’t, but I know you will believe what you want to believe, so go ahead and believe that, and if it gives you some satisfaction in your sad life, then I’m happy you’re happy.