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Passion of the Christ director Mel Gibson apologized Saturday for his resistant and unruly behavior, and for saying “despicable” things to sheriff’s deputies that he does “not believe to be true” when he was arrested in Malibu for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol.
After he was stopped, handcuffed and put into a police cruiser, Gibson reportedly launched into an anti-Semitic tirade punctuated by obscenities, threats and sexually abusive language. In the report, which appears to be a chronology of the arrest, Gibson boasted that he “owns Malibu” and ranted about “[expletive] Jews” and how “the Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world.”
“I acted like a person completely out of control when I was arrested and said things that I do not believe to be true and which are despicable,” the actor-director said without elaborating.

Steve Whitmore, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, declined to comment on the report, saying the department would disclose details of the arrest. “Nothing will be sanitized,” Mr. Whitmore said in a statement. Gibson, who lives in Malibu, was arrested about 2:30 a.m. Friday on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and released on $5,000 bail.

The alleged anti-Semitic rant could prove especially damaging for the Oscar-winning director of “Braveheart,” who also made the religious blockbuster “The Passion of the Christ,” a movie about the Crucifixion. The film was controversial in part because some feared it would incite anti-Semitism and also because it was revealed that director’s father, Hutton Gibson, had made statements denying the Holocaust, calling it “mostly” fiction.
Gibson also acknowledged an ongoing battle with alcoholism and said he was taking “necessary steps to ensure my return to health.”
Disney will be releasing Gibson’s upcoming film, “Apocalypto” in December, 2006.