Los Angeles, CA

Here’s some news you probably missed during the first few rounds of the Mel Gibson “sugartits” debacle: the drunk actor was given star treatment during and after his DUI arrest. A panel of six attorneys have been reviewing the way LA Sheriff’s deputies handled Gibson’s arrest, and have decided that they were decidedly unprofessional and biased towards the actor. Mel Gibson was not printed, at least not forced to provide a palm print like everyone else, and was even personally driven by the deputy to the impound yard to pick up his car, another big no-no. The most surprising information was that Mel’s drunken ravings, which made news worldwide, were left off of the original police report, and were only added on later as a note to be seen only by the district attorney. The memo was leaked somehow to gossip websites, and that’s how it became known. I still find it surprising that people insist on covering for celebrities who don’t really care about them as human beings and treat them like garbage, just because they’re famous. If they’re getting in that much trouble, it’s probably for a reason, and not because they’re such a nice guy or good person. Don’t make it worse by whitewashing their mistakes. Make them learn from them!

In another bit of surprising news, the same panel agreed that Paris Hilton did not receive any preferential treatment during her arrest and incarceration. Sheriff Lee Baca came under a lot of fire for his treatment of the celebutard, especially when she was released after a couple of days in prison and allowed to spend the rest of her sentence with only an ankle bracelet monitoring system. She was subsequently ordered to finish out her sentence in jail, when she cried and screamed as only a rich, spoiled heiress can. The report by the panel of attorneys, however, found that two doctors did in fact examine Hilton and recommend she spend the rest of her sentence at home. While having female misdemeanor prisoners released after a few days was normal, what was abnormal was the fact that Paris had to serve her full sentence, apparently.

This is only a small part of the report. To read more, go here.