Mel Gibson Must Continue Rehab on His Own

According to Reuters, Oscar-winning actor Mel Gibson, who was in the news for making an anti-Semitic tirade while being arrested for drunk driving in 2006, was told by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Wednesday that he could serve the rest of his probation without needing to appear in court again to make progress reports. Judge Lawrence Mira told Gibson that he had completed the requirements of his no-contest plea and said, "You're on your own now with the self-help groups, so this is the most difficult time for you. Good luck to you as you continue your rehabilitation."

After the media publicized that the star of Braveheart had made anti-Semitic remarks to the officer who had detained him, Gibson later apologized for his comments and pleaded no-contest to drunk driving in August, 2006. He was sentenced to three years probation, ordered to pay $1,400 in fines and to attend alcohol rehabilitation.

Gibson won an Oscar for directing 1995's Braveheart. Another movie he directed, 2004's Passion of the Christ, became one of the highest-grossing films of the decade.