As the year 2010 winds down to an end, no one can say it was a dull year for news
10. Mel Gibson’s abusive racist rant towards girlfriend caught on tape
On July 9, Hollywood gossip website radaronline.com released the first of a series of audio tapes of actor Mel Gibson allegedly yelling and threatening his ex-girlfriend and mother of his eight-month-old daughter, Oksana Grigorieva .
In the tapes, Gibson told Grigorieva that he hoped she got raped, and used a racial slur to refer to black men. He called Grigorieva a whore in addition to other racy names, telling her she was an embarrassment. The audio tapes sparked an investigation by the L.A. County Sherriff’s Department into possible domestic violence.
9. Wikileaks creator arrested on rape charges
Wikileaks creator Julian Assange was arrested on December 7, arrested days after Interpol put him on its most-wanted list.
Australian born Assange, who was in hot water for publicizing military documents online, was arrested for an alleged sexual assault in Sweden.
8. Stewardess quits by jumping out of plane
On August 9, JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater was so frustrated, he literally jumped ship, quitting his job by jumping out of a flying plane.
Slater reportedly got on the public address system, claimed he had just been called an obscenity by a passenger, grabbed two beers, and deployed the emergency shoot.
He was arrested at his Queens home hours later. Slater avoided jail by coming to a plea deal in October.
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