According to his publicist, Gibson has been in an ongoing alcohol abuse
treatment program, and since his arrest on Friday entered a new one. He
described both as “outpatient” programs. Gibson added, as a public
person "when I say something, either articulated or thought out, or
blurted out in a moment of insanity, my words carry weight in the public
arena."
There may be a cost to his “moment of insanity”. Late Monday, the
television network, ABC, announced it will scrap plans for Gibson to
produce a miniseries on the Holocaust. They said they had not seen a
draft of the script in nearly two years.
Apparently Gibson was drinking at a Malibu beachfront restaurant called
Moonshadows before he was stopped. There have been widely distributed
photos of the actor with his arms around several young women at the
restaurant shortly before his arrest.
The TMZ website originally broke the story of a suspected cover-up after
the original arrest report indicated there was no “incident”. The Los
Angeles County Sheriffs Department denies any cover up. They say that
all necessary information was turned over to the DA’s office.
TMZ now says that Gibson has been asked to speak at a Los Angeles Jewish
temple on Yom Kippur. TMZ says that in a letter, David Baron, the Rabbi
for the Temple of the Arts, the largest entertainment industry synagogue
in the United States, wrote: "...I wish to invite you to come and speak
in order that you might directly express to the Jewish community your
remorse. I feel that Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement, would be an
appropriate time."
Baron added "In our faith we are commanded to forgive when the offending
party takes the necessary steps and offers an apology from the heart."
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