Gibson, using a ploy common when celebrities are accused of misbehavior, tried to portray himself as the victim, rather than the cop or the Jewish people. Interviewed at his office in Malibu, Gibson told Sawyer he had suffered "public humiliation on a global scale" and said that on the day of the incident, he was under "perhaps too much pressure" and maybe doing "too much work."

The heavy work, he said, included screening a movie.

That says it all