Mel Gibson's Arresting Officer Reaches Settlement With Police Bosses

The traffic cop who arrested Mel Gibson for drink driving has reached a settlement in his discrimination lawsuit against police department bosses in Los Angeles.

Jewish Sheriff's Deputy James Mee was subjected to an anti-Semitic rantwhile he was booking the Braveheart star in Malibu, California in 2006 and he claims his reporting of the incident and subsequent voiced concerns about the preferential treatment the actor was allegedly given by police chiefs cost him career advancement, job promotions and led to taunting.

Mee also claimed his job performance was unfairly scrutinised.

Police department officials denied the allegations of retaliation and ethnic discrimination.

Deputy Mee, who is still a police officer in Malibu, was expected to take the case to trial on Tuesday (14Feb12), but he reached a last-minute $50,000 agreement with police officials and the matter has been settled, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Gibson had been listed as a potential witness in the discrimination trial.

The terms of the deal have not been disclosed.