An early-morning drive in Malibu ended in a not so picturesque way for Mel

Gibson.

The Oscar-winning star was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving at 2:36 a.m. Friday, according to authorities and online records from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

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E! Online Gibson was detained while driving along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, Steve Whitmore, a spokesman for the sheriff's department said. The actor was booked, and later released from custody, Whitmore said.

"Right now, it's an ongoing investigation," Whitmore told E! News.

Gibson's bail was set at $5,000, online records show.

This is at least the second DUI arrest for Gibson, 50, though the first since he was widely reported to have begun attending Alcoholic's Anonymous meetings in the early 1990s. The earlier DUI bust occurred in 1984 in Toronto, where Gibson was filming Mrs. Soffell with Diane Keaton.

I am more offended by the coments he made when he was arrested! He sounds like a creep!

intoxication is not an excuse for those comments

I don't like what Mel said! It was stupid! But I WILL NOT be another person to judge him! I have delt with alcoholism in my family: believe me they SAY STUPID THINGS! Sadly, one comment my dad made when he was an alcoholic has scarred me for life.
So why will I be the first to judge Mel? I'm not!
Did he act and say stupid things? Hell Yeah! But if he wasn't Mel Gibson, no one would even care!

Go ahead and call me a ****.....I've been call worse! LOL!