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NEW YORK DAILY NEWS  JEWEL SAMAD Mel Gibson was pulled over on suspicion of drunken driving in July 2006 and unleashed a tirade of profanity and religious epithets on his arresting officer. The "The Passion of the Christ" director completed three years of probation last month with no violations, so a Malibu judge signed the request to expunge the notorious DUI. Gibson, 53, was pulled over on suspicion of drunken driving in July 2006 and unleashed a tirade of profanity and religious epithets on his arresting officer, according to an arrest report. "F------ Jews," the actor stormed after he was cuffed. "The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world." He threatened Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy James Mee and asked, "Are you a Jew?" Mee is Jewish. The Oscar-winning "Braveheart" star failed field sobriety and alcohol breath tests at the scene, cops said. Once at the station, Gibson continued his foul-mouthed tirade. "What do you think you're looking at, sugar t--s?" he snapped at a female sergeant. A first-time offender in California, Gibson received probation, fines and an order to attend Alcoholics Anonymous A meetings. "I acted like a person completely out of control when I was arrested, and said things that I do not believe to be true and which are despicable," Gibson later said in a statement. "I have battled the disease of alcoholism for all of my adult life and profoundly regret my horrific relapse." The "Lethal Weapon" star has been dogged by allegations of anti-Semitism for his portrayal of Jews in his 2004 blockbuster about Jesus' crucifixion and statements by his father denying the Nazi Holocaust.
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