Late last night and early this morning the internet was alive with the news that Mel Gibson had beaten some pap guy up who had tried to take his picture inside Playhouse last night. I mean there was Mel with his pregnant girlfriend inside a nightclub possibly enjoying a beverage or two and a pap is there trying to get a picture and being told no by security three times before Mel finally beats the crap out of him.
Five minutes later he presents himself to a cop and claims Mel attacked him and ripped his shirt and he wants to file charges. That is what everyone read about this morning, but at least the part about Mel attacking the guy isn't even true.
Nope. The guy made it up. Oh he is a pap and he was told no three times. At that point though he was asked to leave and that was it. According to TMZ the police are not even going to talk to Mel about the incident. Now I dislike Mel Gibson as much as the rest of you but I also believe that this kind of setup job is awful and I hope the guy gets charged with making a false police report. Martha Stewart went to jail for a year for lying to the FBI so this guy should at least have to spend a night in jail.
The thing is no one will remember that Mel didn't do anything wrong this time. They will just remember that he beat up some guy in a club. To summon up the sympathy factor try and imagine if someone did this to Jason Bateman. It is hard to feel anything for Mel, but I only trash someone when they deserve it and he doesn't for this.
was it tmz's pap?
ReplyDeleteI don't think so; I think they broke the news about the pap lying.
ReplyDeletePaps should have to be licensed or something so they have something to lose when they instigate trouble.
ReplyDeleteEven when I thought Mel did it, I was on his side (even though I can't stand him) because it was clear the pap was way over the line invasive. I know it's a very complex issue, but man do they need to do something about setting better limits on the paps.
ReplyDeleteagree Mooshki, they need to do something! harassment and stalking laws need to be revised and updated and include groups like paps. i know they are called a lot of the time, but there has to be a line.
ReplyDeleteit seems that la has the worst paps. with all of the clout that some actors have that extends to the governor's mansion and beyond, why have they not put a bug in some CA politician's ear about this non-sense?
ReplyDeletePaps need to be beaten more often than they are. They have a higher sense of entitlement than Octo-Mom.
ReplyDeleteThey're getting worse and worse.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I hope he gets punished for this,
ReplyDeleteDid Mel say "What you looking at sugartits?"
ReplyDeletelol @ cheryl!
ReplyDeletei try to work "sugartits" into a conversation at least once every couple of months. my husband usually just stares at me blankly.
Enty way to be fair and balanced! ;)
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