Mel Gibson is seeking to put his ugly 2006 DUI incident behind him – for good.

In a routine legal move, his lawyer, Blair Berk, has asked a court to dismiss his drunk driving conviction since Gibson, 53, has successfully met the terms of his three-year probation, which included alcohol education classes, AA meetings and paying fines.

Berk wasn’t immediately available for comment.

“All this means is that Gibson’s been staying out of trouble and it’ll likely be approved by the court,” says L.A. criminal defense attorney Anthony Salerno, who’s not involved with the case.

“An arrest like this never fully disappears from one’s record, but getting a dismissal helps in practical situations like crossing into Canada,” Salerno added.

A hearing in the matter is set for Oct. 6.

Source: People

Although the latest IT couple in Hollywood – not necessarily in the sense we’ve come to think of the term – has just announced they’re expecting a child, Mel’s eighth, the actor is already having a hard time with new love interest Oksana Grigorieva. The expectant mother has already slapped the star with an ultimatum: it’s either rehab for him or she walks out the door, the National Enquirer says in its latest print edition.

Sources close to the couple say the two have already started fighting because Mel Gibson cannot control himself when around alcohol. Oksana reportedly knows too well the kind of temper the actor has when he’s had one too many drinks, which is why she has already let him know that she won’t tolerate this kind of behavior in the future, especially with a baby on the way. Consequently, she has told him that he must seek professional help for his problem in the long run so that they can be able to live a happy life together.

“Oksana wants Mel to deal with his drinking on a long-term basis. Mel’s got a hair-trigger temper when he’s drunk, and Oksana insists she won’t stick around when he’s like that. She’s informed Mel that if he doesn’t go to rehab, she’ll bow out of the picture before they go any further.” an unnamed source says for the tabloid. The silver lining to this would be, according to the same spy, that Mel is desperately in love with the mother of his yet unborn child, so he’s already considering getting himself into rehab to put her mind at ease.

“Oksana thinks Mel will be less likely to cheat on her if he’s not out drinking. But she knows that Mel’s very stubborn and that it’s hard for him to stop drinking, especially now with all the changes in his life. The good thing is that Mel really loves Oksana, and he desperately wants to get his act together. He says he’s willing to do whatever she wants, but only time will tell if he stands by his words.” shares the spy.

Mel Gibson has had a long history with alcohol abuse, his 2006 arrest and accompanying public (and extremely embarrassing) meltdown being the most illustrative example of the kind of temper he has when under the influence. It is believed the DUI Gibson got then, as well as the anti-Semitic and misogynist rant he unleashed upon a female police officer, have played an essential part in Oksana’s decision to give her partner the rehab ultimatum.

Source: Softpedia

They’ve been in the news quite a bit as of late, and now the tabloids are telling that Mel Gibson’s pregnant girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, is publicly making some demands.

A source close to the couple recently told the National Enquirer that the mom-to-be wants the Lethal Weapon star to check into rehab and fix his alcohol addiction problem once and for all.

The insider says, “Mel’s got a hair-trigger temper when he’s drunk, and Oksana insists she won’t stick around when he’s like that. She’s informed Mel that if he doesn’t go to rehab, she’ll bow out of the picture before they go any further.”

Adding fuel to the tabloid fire, a Gibson family friend revealed, “Oksana thinks Mel will be less likely to cheat on her if he’s not out drinking.”

Source: The Gossip Girls

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I meant to post this yesterday, but completely slipped my mind. Here’s a message written on IMDb by someone claiming to know the Gibsons. Thanks to a lovely member at Mel Minders for sharing it!

Here’s the real story folks(family source)…

In late 80s Mel was a wreck – a drunk with a bad temper and Robyn gave him a choice – clean up or I will leave you.

Mel cleaned up and things got better. There were couple laspes in 90s and early 2000s but everytime that happened Mel was open with Robyn and got help and got better.

Then in 05 he began drinking again but this time kept it from Robyn. Things got worse and we know what happen with DUI arrest.

After than Robyn said she was through with Mel. So even though they lived in the same house and attend family functions they were living separate lives.

Then Mel meet someone and fell in love. And once the picture of her and Mel at the beach went public Robyn couldn’t pretend anymore and she filed. It’s one thing to stay together and no ones no the wiser but it’s a differnet story when it’s splashed on the news – she was humilated.

Even though the divorce is in motion and Mel has gone public with his gf Robyn still loves him and would take him back he was willing to change. And I wouldn’t be shocked if Mel comes back with Robyn. But this my opinion from knowing them and the family.

But Robyn and Mel have always fought and it’s hard has people know – Robyn got pregnant and that’s why the decide to get married – there not an ideal personality match.

On the rumor is gf is pregnant and that’s why Robyn left it’s bs – she’s not pregnant.

Source: IMDb Boards / Mel Minders

Robyn Gibson, long-suffering wife of Mel Gibson, reportedly spent $50 million more than she was supposed to on the family’s new Catholic Church when news of her husband’s infidelity hit the tabloids again. After new photos of Mel and his mistress frolicking by the ocean in Costa Rica made the rounds, Robyn decided to take a new, passive aggressive approach to her husband’s cheating.

Scandal-scarred Mel Gibson is paying a high price for humiliating his wife with his womanizing – in fact, sources say he’s paying more than $50 million!

That’s how much Robyn Gibson has spent after silently suffering through Mel’s liaisons with other women and other betrayals. With Mel refusing to consider divorce, Robyn has enraged him by spending his fortune.

In his latest indiscretion, Mel was caught kissing a beautiful bikini-clad young woman on a beach in Costa Rica. Shocking photographs showed the star cuddling with the shapely brunette and frolicking in the surf with her.

But sources close to Mel’s wife say that she has found a way to get revenge.

Robyn has been overseeing the building budget for Holy Family Chapel. While Mel wasn’t paying attention, she spent close to $60 million, say sources who reveal the original budget was $10 million.

“Holy Family was long seen as Mel’s redemption for his alcoholism and cheating,” confided an insider. “Mel thought that sinking a fortune into his church would show how sincere he is about leading a religious life.”

But he never dreamed Robyn would allow the cost to get so astronomical, said the insider.

The “Braveheart” star, 52, entrusted Robyn – who handles the family’s finances, since he’s often off filming – with the business aspects of building the chapel near their home in Malibu, Calif., and that’s when the trouble started, said the source.

“Mel’s original budget was $10 million. But Robyn’s spent close to $60 million, and the church isn’t even finished!” said the source.

Robyn’s unhappiness over Oscar-winning Mel’s DUI arrest in 2006, his string of extramarital hijinks, and their sons Edward’s and Christian’s rehab stints in 2007 have played a huge role in her overspending, claims the insider.

“Robyn’s been so distracted that she skipped meetings with the contractors. That caused delays in construction and meanwhile, the workers were still getting paid.

“Logical or not, Robyn is letting that church go way over budget as her way of making Mel pay.”

[From The National Enquirer print version, April 6, 2009]

This story sounds a little weird to me. I was under the impression that this church was Mel’s big vanity project – previous reports claim that he was very involved in the construction of it. But perhaps the new movie he’s working on, along with his young mistress, have taken precedence lately. You’d think that if Robyn Gibson really is fed up with her husband, she wouldn’t be investing extra money into his vanity project- she’d be storing it away somewhere for herself, in the event that they do split up. Whether this story is true or not, it can’t be easy for Robyn. She and Mel have been married for 28 years through many ups and downs. For him to be so casually about this relationship with another woman has to hurt.

Source: Cele|bitchy / Mel Minders

In their investigation of whether a picture of a bruised and battered Rihanna was part of an LAPD case file before appearing on the celebrity website TMZ.com, the Los Angeles Police Department might get some help from an unlikely ally: Mel Gibson.

Gibson, as you may recall, had details of an arrest report involving his 2006 drunk driving arrest posted on TMZ.com, replete with embarrassing details about an anti-Semitic tirade he directed at a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy.

That incident — as well as fears about unauthorized disclosures of details in celebrity cases — led to a new state law this year that makes it a misdemeanor for peace officers or law enforcement employees to profit by leaking confidential reports or images. Those who violate the law face a $1,000 fine.

In pushing for the legislation, now dubbed “Mel’s Law,” Assemblywoman Julia Brownley (D-Santa Monica) argued for a crackdown on for-profit leaks because information obtained during criminal investigations could compromise cases.

The LAPD said the release of a photograph purportedly related to an alleged domestic violence incident involving entertainer Chris Brown and an unnamed woman “has the appearance of one taken” as part of evidence collected in the case, though it has yet to be determined if the picture is from the case file or simply an image captured by someone not involved in the formal police investigation.

Even so, police officials noted they had launched an immediate investigation and filed a personnel complaint.

Two years ago, the LAPD found that one of its officers shot video that appeared on TMZ.com showing the rapper The Game bragging with a wad of money inside his jail cell.

The officer told investigators he gave the video, which was shot with a cellphone camera, to TMZ.com because he thought it would be fun, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation. Investigators never found any evidence that the officer was paid for the video clip.

Harvey Levin, managing editor of TMZ.com, has said he does not comment on where his site gets its material.

Source: LA Times

Mel on a typical day. Happy viewing!

~ Aug 23 – Mel Hearts Vitamins
~ Jul 13 – Leaving Cri-Help in North Hollywood

“The Cleaner,” which follows the adventures of an “extreme interventionist,” is a slightly exasperating new series from A&E — its first original scripted show in six years, the network is proud to point out. There are some good things here, and some that are less good: It’s a mix of the professionally done, the professionally overdone, the reasonably convincing, the surprisingly hackneyed and the occasionally absurd.

We are told by an opening title card that William Banks, who is played by Benjamin Bratt, formerly of “Law & Order,” “has saved 257 people from addiction to drugs, sex and gambling.” (I love the specificity of that figure.) “He’s not a cop,” the title continues. “He’s not a superhero. He’s just a man with a Calling.” Yet he has made himself hard to find, so he’s a man with a calling whom you really have to want to call.

The show is loosely based on the real-life work of Warren Boyd — same initials, see — who is the man Mel Gibson brought to Courtney Love’s Beverly Hills hotel room a few years back to convince her to go into treatment. (Love later recommended him to Whitney Houston.) A figure obviously to be reckoned with, he has developed, according to an A&E news release, “a partly secretive, partly incomprehensible, very nontraditional method that he employs on a daily basis to help others get clean.” Those others range from “high-profile names to perfect strangers.”

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Mel Gibson has twin sons who turn 26 this year, Edward and Christian, who both have stints in rehab. Ed was out of rehab late last year for an alcohol and cocaine addiction, and Christian got a DUI in 2006 and checked into rehab in late January of this year. Mel, who has also has a well publicized DUI under his belt, has recently befriended pop singer Britney Spears, 26. Britney has spent time at Mel’s estate in Costa Rica and has been seen out to dinner with him and his family.

While some speculated that Mel wanted to help Britney with her personal problems, and others wondered if he was trying to convert her to his unique brand of Catholicism, Mel may have had another motivation for spending time with Britney. The National Enquirer reports that Mel tried to set Britney up with the less messed-up twin her age, Edward, but that Britney wasn’t having that. Mel’s son Edward is working his recovery program and The Enquirer says Mel believed he would be a good influence on her.

[Mel Gibson] believed his son Edward – who was in rehab last year for cocaine and alcohol addition – had turned his life around and could help Britney do the same, an insider told The Enquirer.

“Mel felt Ed would be a great influence on Brit, and if the relationship turned to romance, all the better,” said the insider.

So Gibson arranged a meeting between the pair at Britney’s home in the Hollywood Hills last March, said the source.

“He sincerely believed that his son could help Britney stay on the straight and narrow and that they might hit it off as a couple as well,” the insider explained.

But Britney, 26, gave the cold shoulder to Mel and Edward …

“She hid from them most of the night,” revealed the insider. “Mel and his son spent most of the evening talking to her bodyguards.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, July 7, 2008]

There must have been no hard feelings between Britney and Mel after she tried to avoid the set up with one of his sons. She was seen at his Costa Rican getaway in mid-May. Britney also brought along a man with whom she’s been romantically linked in the past, agent Jason Trawick. Maybe Britney and Jason were already dating at that point and she wasn’t open to meeting Mel’s son or maybe she just wasn’t interested in the guy. Can you imagine thinking it’s a good idea to set up Britney Spears with a member of your family, though? At that point it had only been two months since she had that big melt down and was hospitalized.

Source: Info Jeunes

The National Enquirer are prone to lying, so take this ’story’ for what it’s worth.