Suicide at Mel's Place

Posted Mar 19th 2008 7:39PM by TMZ Staff

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ a construction worker committed suicide at one of Mel Gibson's homes today.

It happened at Mel's Agoura Hills home -- near Malibu. The construction worker was 48-years-old. We're told he hanged himself. The body was found by the job site foreman.

The Sheriff's substation in Lost Hills took the call at 8:07 AM -- that's the same station where Mel was taken after his DUI arrest in 2006.

Mel was not at the house when the body was discovered. A law enforcement source says no one from Gibson's family was living at the house -- it is currently under heavy construction.

The house is less than a mile from his church -- The Holy Family Catholic Church -- where Mel's daughter was married back in September, 2006.

Mel has never lived on the compound.

UPDATE: Law enforcement sources say the body was found hanging in the addition to the home that was being built and was in "full-body rigor mortis" and the hanging could have occurred last night.

Story developing ...

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Mel Gibson

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31. WRONG .....ALBERT,......MEN ARE HANGED,,,,,,,,MEAT IS HUNG......IDIOT.....!!!!

Posted at 6:56PM on Mar 19th 2008 by Old News

32. wow ,that's heavy ,wonder if that will increase or decrease the value of the house ,some people like haunted houses ,cause i hear when people die tragic like that they haunt,i guess he had a thing against mel,must have not been paying him enough,we know how this hollywood types are soooo chhheeeaapppp

Posted at 6:57PM on Mar 19th 2008 by studly

33. Suicide
I slit my wrists
the pain comes fast
i watch the blood drain
on the floor below my feet
scars and wounds cover my
body as i watch it happen
death is on the way i stare
at the sky wondering why?
The suicide well be fast and
harmless as i raise the knife
to my throat my breathe
comes in slow and fast
i feel the knife go
in deep and uneven
then i fall as my blood covers
my cold dead face...

Posted at 6:58PM on Mar 19th 2008 by BankClaim

34. It is indeed Hanged himself... hung himself is almost correct.

Takes me back the song UnBreak My Heart.. which is ungrammatically correct.
Written for idiots, I suppose.

Maybe he killed himself, when he heard the storyline for Mel's new movie.. or upon seeing Mel's hairline.

Posted at 7:00PM on Mar 19th 2008 by BlueJayFlys

35. Houses are not haunted PEPOLE are

Posted at 7:00PM on Mar 19th 2008 by and|SHAME|the|devil

36. thanks rico (#24) needed a laugh.

Posted at 7:02PM on Mar 19th 2008 by cissycz

37. anything or anyone Britney touches exudes bad karma

Posted at 7:07PM on Mar 19th 2008 by sp

38. Hey Albert:

Since the abolition of capital punishment in this country murderers are not hanged if they are found guilty.

Correct entry: hanged
The error was: (c) hung That would have been your answer! lol
____________

Posted at 7:09PM on Mar 19th 2008 by Dana

39. Follow this simple rule if it already has not been posted:

The simple explanation of which past participle of the verb hang to use is that people are hanged by the neck and pictures are hung on the wall.

Posted at 7:11PM on Mar 19th 2008 by MOI

40. Hey Albert #3
Check yourself before posting assinine comments. Hanged is correct.

Posted at 7:12PM on Mar 19th 2008 by Weirdos

41. hanged himself? dont you mean HUNG himself?...well anyways if this is true then i feel srry for anyone who was affected by the loss of this guy

Posted at 7:13PM on Mar 19th 2008 by gracie

42. 40. Hey BankClaim, please hang yourself.

Posted at 7:01PM on Mar 19th 2008 by Rico

I 2nd that

Posted at 7:15PM on Mar 19th 2008 by Cracking up

43. Suicide is deadly,
so don't flirt with it

Suicide is sneaky,
so be careful

Suicide and death are closely related,
so be careful which one you chose

Suicidemay help you,
but destroy others

Suicide can kill
but not as bad as the lies

Suicide is my best friend
that I can no longer hide

Suicide goes good with the blade,
and the blade goes with my wrist

Suicide helped me
it helped me die

Posted at 7:15PM on Mar 19th 2008 by BankClaim

44. ok im making a correction to my previous comment because i didnt read the comments before i posted mine so i didnt know thats hanged was the correct word...my mistake...now i know better for next time!

Posted at 7:16PM on Mar 19th 2008 by gracie

45. "anything or anyone Britney touches exudes bad karma

Posted at 7:07PM on Mar 19th 2008 by sp"

You're a moron.

Posted at 7:16PM on Mar 19th 2008 by Pacccma

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