Sharon Stone is being sued by a former nanny who claims the Oscar-nominated actress insulted her Filipino heritage and fired her after discovering she had been paid overtime. Erlinda T.LOS ANGELES – Attorneys for a deputy who arrested Mel Gibson on suspicion of drunken driving want to call the Oscar-winner as a witness during an upcoming trial to determine whether Deputy James Mee suffered discrimination because of the case.
The trial will focus on what happened to the officer after he arrested the actor-director in 2006, and whether he endured discrimination because he is Jewish.
Mee’s attorneys are hoping to show the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department moved to protect Gibson because the star had a close relationship with the department before his arrest.
Attorneys for the county have denied Mee faced discrimination or retaliation.
The case is likely to focus heavily on Gibson’s arrest, when the actor made anti-Semitic comments that Mee claims his superiors forced him to remove from a report.
Mee also alleges he was ostracized and opportunities for promotion were blocked after he arrested Gibson.
