Dec 20, 2007 11:04 am US/Pacific
Report: Gibson Got Celebrity Treatment, Not Paris
A New Report Shows That Mel Gibson Got Preferential Treatment In His Arrest, Paris Hilton Did Not
LOS ANGELES (CBS) ―
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A new report indicates that Mel Gibson received preferential treatment during his drunken driving arrest in 2006.
CBS
During the 2006 drunken driving arrest of actor Mel Gibson, three Los Angeles Sheriff's Department employees violated policy, according to the sixth annual Office of Independent Review of the department.
The same review found that there were no policy violations in the jailing of socialite Paris Hilton earlier this year.
The OIR is an independent oversight group entrusted with ensuring that internal investigations by the sheriff's department are "thorough, fair and effective in addressing allegations of misconduct and other critical events," according to an OIR statement.
The OIR revealed that sheriff's personnel gave Gibson preferential treatment during the arrest, trying to withhold details of the original arrest report, which contained alleged anti-Semitic statements made by Gibson to the arresting deputy.
"The violations resulted from the decision about when and how to release Mr. Gibson from custody," according to the OIR.
Hilton was initially released early from jail despite a judge's order that she serve her full sentence, but the report "indicates that the investigations surrounding the Hilton jailing have, to date, not resulted in any founded violations of policy," according to the OIR.
The report also includes:
-- Efforts to address the "recurring episodes" of deputies arrested off-duty for alleged DUI;
-- The results of the department's internal investigation into allegations that resulted in a multi-million-dollar payout in litigation costs;
-- Reporting on inmate deaths that occurred over the past year;
-- Modifications to the inmate search policy;
-- Changes to the department's vehicle pursuit policy.
Further details of the report were due to be released about 1 p.m. Thursday.
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