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EXCLUSIVE: Video of Mel at Moonshadows

TMZ has obtained exclusive video shot on a cell phone by a patron who was at Moonshadows Malibu the night of Mel Gibson's arrest for DUI. The video was shot in the patio-bar area of the restaurant just after midnight, approximately two hours before Gibson was arrested.



The video shows a jovial Mel talking and laughing with patrons. He is holding what appears to be a bottle of Pellegrino sparkling water.

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1. ****yawn****

Posted at 4:25PM on Aug 2nd 2006 by Merz

2. Ok we get. He was drunk! He drove! Can you please leave the guy alone.
He has already apologized, and he is rehab.
What else do you want from him? Why keep shaming the guy?
I mean I am jewish, and I could care less what he says. I know everyone in the world talks about other races.... I wont go see his moview, but you should leave the man alone, and let him get his act together.

Posted at 4:26PM on Aug 2nd 2006 by Concerned

3. Who cares............give it a rest all ready. The world has much bigger issues right now!

Posted at 4:26PM on Aug 2nd 2006 by Lori

4. Oh yeah, i forgot, Windy Moore was probably there too.

Saved ya the trouble of posting.

Posted at 4:29PM on Aug 2nd 2006 by Merz

5. TMZ: how many stories of the Mel Gibson situation are you going to run. You are really taking advantage of this. Come on , I'm sure there are other stories out there.
I enjoy your website and I enjoy reading everyone's views.But give me a break. He didn't bomb a historical building or go on a killing rampage. The man was drunk (no excuse) and said some terrible things (I don't agree with anyone slaming people because of their race or religion) but the man has apolojized and even entered rehab. What do you want...blood?
Show some respect and move on.

Posted at 4:31PM on Aug 2nd 2006 by gwen

6. I just knew details about what happened before the arrest were fuzzy.

Posted at 4:34PM on Aug 2nd 2006 by Andrew

7. I have heard that Gibson hired some top notch lawyers for his DUI. Figures he will get off like all stars do. If he was normal his butt would be jail. Why can't the law be the same for all. All the stars who have be in trouble get off scot free. Are the judges afraid to give them the book. I thought the law was equal for all, seems like judges forget that important fact. He should go to jail and pay for what he did.

Posted at 4:40PM on Aug 2nd 2006 by linda

8. Hi Harvey,
Let me start by saying that I am not a Mel Gibson follower. I have seen a couple of his films but I'm not in his fan club or anything. But I have to ask you why are you so hell bent on getting this guy? I saw you on Goodday LA this am and actually you've been going on and on about his horrible behavior. You put this story out and have acted like it's your persoanl vendetta against him. Then I heard you saying that "There's more to this than drunk driving and bad comments" and you seem like now you have compassion towards him like he has mental illness or some other problem but this story getting out is mainly because of you and your staff. If you were feeling this compassion, why did you ruin him first and then later say that he might have bigger problems? Sometimes, it's better to give that helping hand and not kick someone while they are down. We all were apalled at the teens that beat up the homeless guys and in a way that's what you have done to Mel Gibson. Maybe he has done something to you in the past but to go after someone when you even are saying they have problems is very coldhearted. I hadn't thought you were like that and I have to say I am a Bit dissappointed in you. Because you do seem like a nice guy.

Posted at 4:47PM on Aug 2nd 2006 by Christie

9. big deal..he was in a bar drinking...and so what he had his arm around 2 women!! he didn't sleep with them!! he left the bar!! ... who's to say they weren't just getting their pics taken with him?...if i were next to mel gibson for a picture, i'd want him to put his arm around me too! give the guy a break...yeah, he shouldn't have driven, but he got stopped...same thing happened to me...i didn't spend the nite in jail...i got let go!! and without bail!!! and i'm not famous...don't see any star treatment there...and since when does an 8 pg. report get filled out for dui's? it takes them 2 hrs. just to fill out the damn ticket!!! and if he was as bad as they say, why wasn't he cited for everything he did wrong? go figure...

Posted at 4:56PM on Aug 2nd 2006 by Maksbop

10. That is the most pathetic excuse for a video I have ever seen. That person could be anyone. So much for journalistic integrity.

Posted at 4:57PM on Aug 2nd 2006 by justK

11. That's newsworthy?

Posted at 4:57PM on Aug 2nd 2006 by Jaye

12. You know there's not water in that bottle.

Cheers,
Plumbutt
http://www.theplumbuttchronicles.com

Posted at 4:59PM on Aug 2nd 2006 by Plumbutt

13. This video is of such poor quality.....why even bother?

Posted at 5:02PM on Aug 2nd 2006 by Lee

14. This whole Mel coverage is making me sick. LEAVE THE GUY ALONE! He's apologized for it, move on. Also, I really hope that some of you Mel haters will be equally appalled when there are anti-Muslim statements made or if there are any prejudiced comments made about any other ethnic AND religious groups. If a Hollywood actor had said that "all the christians are responsible for the wars" NO ONE WOULD CARE. Certainly not the media or Harvey Levin from TMZ.

Leave Mel alone. This haterade is making me want to pay double to see his movie this December.

Posted at 5:02PM on Aug 2nd 2006 by KAT

15. I'd hate it if people hounded me like they do celebs... geez, they are just people like the rest of us only with cool jobs. Most of them are dumb asses and cannot formulate a coherant sentence without a script. They think their popularity gives them license to do or say anything they want and that usually bites em in the ass. I don't get the flippin fascination with these idiots. Mel was only spouting off what most of us think anyway... that liquid courage will get ya! This world has become way too 'effin politically correct.

Posted at 5:03PM on Aug 2nd 2006 by #9

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