Celebrity Justice
Suicide at Mel's Place

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 ...



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76. No chance it was Sam Lufti I suppose

Posted at 8:49PM on Mar 19th 2008 by M

77. riffffffffffffffffffffff

Posted at 8:49PM on Mar 19th 2008 by nsitefull

78. HOW SAD FOR THE POOR SOUL THAT ENDED HIS LIFE. WHY YOU MEL, WHY ALL YOUR PROBLEMS, WHY IS YOUR FAMILY ALWAYS IN PAIN? YOUR HATRED OF PEOPLE BRINGS THIS UPON YOU. BUILDING A CHURCH DOES NOT PUT YOU IN GOOD STANDING WITH JESUS BECAUSE YOU ARE FILLED WITH HATRED. CLEANSE YOURSELF AND HE WILL HELP YOU!

Posted at 8:53PM on Mar 19th 2008 by BISHOP

79. DOGGED IS AS DOGGED DOES

Posted at 8:52PM on Mar 19th 2008 by THE DOGGER

80. No offense to the "college grad", but pictures are hung and people are hanged. I promise.

Posted at 8:55PM on Mar 19th 2008 by FIGHT

81. I will forgive Mel Gibson for hiring Non-Insured, Bonded, Sub-Contracted Workers......I Won't Forgive him for his Anti-Semetic Comments, even if they were in a Drunken RAGE.

Posted at 8:57PM on Mar 19th 2008 by FakeFly On The WallTZM@aol.com

82. Let this be the definatve and final answer and then we can all get back to bad mouthing celebs.
(I got this straight off the internet so it must be right.... :) )
.
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 8:59PM on Mar 19th 2008 by nsitefull

83. Mel should have a drink over this.

Posted at 9:03PM on Mar 19th 2008 by Rico

84. We hang meat, (cows) (pigs) (fish), To Date we have not HUNG a man YET.

Posted at 9:05PM on Mar 19th 2008 by Les Halles

85. thanks for sharing Rico _ i believe u :)o

Posted at 9:08PM on Mar 19th 2008 by nsitefull

86. Now he has to stand in the check-out line at ACE Hardware for all eternity.

Posted at 9:08PM on Mar 19th 2008 by Mik

87. FIGHT when I saw your name on this post I thought "yay, he's going to go off on Jews" why no anti-semitic rants?

Posted at 9:09PM on Mar 19th 2008 by FIGHT's weakness

88. I think Rico is a little lite in the loafers

Posted at 9:10PM on Mar 19th 2008 by nsitefull

89. Hung Like a Gerbil

Posted at 9:10PM on Mar 19th 2008 by The Rat Fink

90. Mel just got off the phone with the Pope, and the Pope told Mel that the hanged man is already in HELL. Mel's reaction was to eat some Jesus cookies.

Posted at 9:11PM on Mar 19th 2008 by Rico

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