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Looks like a mazel tov is in order for Mel Gibson.
A Malibu judge praised the Apocalypto director during a five-minute progress hearing Friday, calling his efforts at rehabilitation in the wake of last summer's infamous booze-fueled anti-Semitic DUI arrest "extensive" and "effective."
Gibson, however, was not present in court this morning by the request of Judge Lawrence J. Mira.
"I truly believe the rehabilitation that is being effected in this case is effective, and I don't want to do anything to interrupt that," Mira said, referring to the heightened media—and paparazzi—coverage the hearing would have brought, should Gibson have been required to attend.
Mira said that he instead spoke with the absentee star earlier this week and asked Gibson's attorney, Blair Berk, whether his recovery was continuing to move in a positive direction.
"Yes," she said. "I've supplied the court with a report. He's doing extremely well. He's complied with all the terms and conditions and he's completed the program."
The program, of course, being an intensive court-ordered rehabilitation.
Last July, the 50-year-old Oscar winner was busted on a drunken driving charge. During his arrest he launched into a sexist and anti-Semitic tirade—in which he managed to not only introduce the phrase "sugar tits" into the vernacular, but also claim that "Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world"—against the Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy who clocked him driving 87-mph in a 45-mph zone.
Gibson was initially charged with driving under the influence—he measured a 0.12-percent blood-alcohol content—and having an open bottle of tequila in his vehicle. In August, he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor DUI and was sentenced to three years probation, ordered to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings five days a week for the following four months followed by three days a week for the next seven months and fined $1,300.
In addition, Gibson took matters of restitution into his own hands, meeting with rabbis and Jewish leaders and embarking on a media tour of contrition, none of which went unnoticed by Judge Mira.
"I know his extensive participation in a self-help program—and I should note he has done extensive work, beyond which was required."
Don Imus, Michael Richards and Isaiah Washington take note.
Mira scheduled a final progress hearing for the actor on Aug. 23, which Gibson will be required to attend, saying, "I do want to see him in court at some point to ensure we are all on the same page."
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