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Gibson, 50, was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving at 2:36 am Friday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The actor-director was detained while driving along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, said Steve Whitmore, a spokesman for the sheriff's department. "Right now, it's an ongoing investigation," Whitmore told E!
This is at least the second DUI arrest for Gibson, though the first since he was widely reported to have begun attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in the early 1990s.
Twenty years ago, Gibson responded to his troubles by stepping back from his movie career. "I wasn't channeling the energy properly," Gibson said in a 2004 CNN profile on the star. "It was too much in the race, and I didn't have enough petrol, but I was going for the finish line anyway." When Gibson returned to Hollywood, his demons weren't far behind. By 1991, he told ABC News, he thought about jumping out a window. His problems, Gibson explained, were "spiritual bankruptcy"--and addiction. "I would get addicted to anything, anything at all," Gibson told ABC News.
Oscars for Braveheart, talked up his low points while stumping for 2004's The Passion of the Christ, the gory account of Jesus' final hours. Gibson, who wrote and directed the self-financed epic, said he pursued the biblical tale after reconnecting with his religion and turning his life around. Last appearing on the big screen in 2004's Paparazzi, the erstwhile Lethal Weapon is scheduled to unveil his latest film as a director, Apocalypto, in December.
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