Judge praises progress by Mel Gibson
A Malibu judge praised Mel Gibson on Friday for maintaining his court-ordered treatment for alcoholism following his drunken-driving arrest last July.
“I truly believe the rehabilitation that is being effected in this case is effective, and I don’t want anything to interrupt that,” Superior Court Judge Lawrence Mira said.
The 51-year-old actor-director didn’t attend the progress report hearing, but Gibson’s attorney, Blair Berk, told the judge that she had filed a report with the court saying Gibson was complying with all the terms and conditions of his rehabilitation program.
Gibson pleaded no contest to charges of drunken driving Aug. 17 under a deal that included serving three years’ probation, a fine and alcohol-rehabilitation classes. He was arrested on a Malibu highway in July after a sheriff’s deputy caught him speeding. Gibson’s anti-Semitic remarks to the deputy sparked outrage, and he later apologized.
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