Mel Gibson – Pleads ‘No Contest’ to Drink-Driving – Gets 3 Years Probation
According to the BBC, actor MEL GIBSON has pleaded no contest to charges of drink-driving in a plea deal and has been given three years’ probation, California officials said.
Gibson did not appear at the court hearing in Malibu but entered the plea through his lawyer, the district attorney’s office said.
The Oscar-winning director was charged with driving under the influence.
During his arrest, Gibson made what he has said were “harmful” anti-Semitic comments. He subsequently apologised.
Gibson said he had suffered a horrific relapse in his battle with alcoholism.
He was arrested at the end of July after being seen driving at 87mph (139km/h) in a 45mph (72km/h) stretch of Malibu’s Pacific Coast Highway, the local sheriff’s department said.
Authorities say his blood-alcohol level was found to be 0.12%. The legal limit in California is 0.08%.
Gibson was not been charged with speeding or in relation to his anti-Semitic comments.
Gibson, 50, won a best director Oscar for his 1995 film Braveheart, in which he also starred.
His 2004 biblical epic, The Passion of the Christ, was recently named the most controversial movie to date by US magazine Entertainment Weekly.
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