To avoid a messy battle in court, Mel Gibson has reached a plea deal with Los Angeles prosecutors in his domestic violence case, a source confirms to PEOPLE.

"She claims that she knew of the star's alleged intolerance far before anyone else.

The persistent chatter that Zach Galifianakis's objection got Mel Gibson booted off The Hangover, brought up again today on the Today Show, has so far ignored one aspect of the story: Galifianakis's work with his girlfriend's organization against domestic violence.

At this point, it's probably difficult for anything about Mel Gibson to shock you, but this might: He was not drunk in the taped rant currently being excruciatingly dribbled out by Radar.

Mel Gibson has been keeping a very low profile since his shocking, racist-ridden tapes leaked online. So why hasn't he been talking? Sources tell me Gibson's team is looking into various rehab facilities, hoping the actor will consider checking himself in as early as Monday.

Listening to the rage and ugliness and incipient boiling violence of Mel Gibson's eight-minute-long over-the-phone rant at his former girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, that was made public yesterday on RadarOnline.com, I had a reaction that, I suspect, mirrored that of many othe …

New York, July 10 : Mel Gibson has now been accused of using a handgun to threaten ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva during one of their heated clashes.

The L.A. County Sheriff's Dept. has opened a domestic violence investigation and TMZ has learned the probe is in connection with Mel Gibson's alleged attack against his baby mama Oksana Grigorieva.

We are not sure where Mel got his sentiment from, about a pack of '@!$%#s' raping women, but we are sure somewhere is that head of his is a racist and an evil individual just waiting to pop out.