Oct 1, 2026 · 34 min · 16 segments
Three years before Mitrice’s arrest, Mel Gibson was arrested for drunk driving on Pacific Coast Highway. An interview with the arresting officer, James Mee, reveals the power wielded by celebrities in…
Dana GoodyearHostJames MeeGuest
When Deputy Mee gets Mel Gibson to Lost Hills Station at 2:15 AM, other deputies are waiting with a video camera.
Gibson is out of control, allegedly turning to a female deputy and shouting, "What do you think you're looking at, sugar tits?" Gibson denies saying this.
As the morning shift filters in, Mee is tasked with briefing his colleagues about the situation.
And everybody, "Hey, what's all the hoopla? Who's this guy?" I was shocked, because this is just another arrest to me, but to everybody else, they're just getting giddy.
People are going in and, you know, gawking at him and, you know, and everybody there is going, "Oh, this is big.
Oh, this is gonna be real big." And I'm like, "I just arrested [laughs] he just got arrested for drunk driving.
A little after 9:00 that morning, Gibson is released without signing the notice to appear citation or providing his palm print for the booking slip.
Deputy Mee says driving Gibson back to his car was really unusual, and it was done to spare Gibson embarrassment.
We're not a taxi company, and, uh, you know, you get yourself arrested, y- it's, y- you know, you're on your own.
Because in order for Mel Gibson to get a ride home, he would, you know, be let out the jail door, be escorted to the front of the station, and then he'd have to go to the lobby, where he could pick up a, a phone, a payphone, okay? And he would have to go through the gauntlet of all the, uh, reporters and stuff.
When Deputy Mee gets Mel Gibson to Lost Hills Station at 2:15 AM, other deputies are waiting with a video camera.
Gibson is out of control, allegedly turning to a female deputy and shouting, "What do you think you're looking at, sugar tits?" Gibson denies saying this.
As the morning shift filters in, Mee is tasked with briefing his colleagues about the situation.
And everybody, "Hey, what's all the hoopla? Who's this guy?" I was shocked, because this is just another arrest to me, but to everybody else, they're just getting giddy.
People are going in and, you know, gawking at him and, you know, and everybody there is going, "Oh, this is big.
Oh, this is gonna be real big." And I'm like, "I just arrested [laughs] he just got arrested for drunk driving.
A little after 9:00 that morning, Gibson is released without signing the notice to appear citation or providing his palm print for the booking slip.
Deputy Mee says driving Gibson back to his car was really unusual, and it was done to spare Gibson embarrassment.
We're not a taxi company, and, uh, you know, you get yourself arrested, y- it's, y- you know, you're on your own.
Because in order for Mel Gibson to get a ride home, he would, you know, be let out the jail door, be escorted to the front of the station, and then he'd have to go to the lobby, where he could pick up a, a phone, a payphone, okay? And he would have to go through the gauntlet of all the, uh, reporters and stuff.
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