From the NY Times site:
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - While Mel Gibson secretly roams the United States testing reaction to his latest movie, ''Apocalypto,'' one of television's longest running shows has decided to incorporate his recent legal troubles into an episode.
Staying true to its ``ripped from the headlines'' style, ``Law & Order,'' says it will air an episode on November 3 starring comedian Chevy Chase as a celebrity who is pulled over for drunk driving and then delivers an anti-Semitic rant at the arresting officers.
But ``Law & Order'' creator Dick Wolf said that while a viewer could draw comparisons to Gibson's anti-Semitic comments after being arrested for drunk driving last July, the TV story goes a bit further.
In the ``Law & Order'' episode, the Chase character turns out to have blood on his shirt belonging to a Jewish woman who had been the producer of his failed sitcom.
Gibson pleaded no contest to drunk driving charges and was placed on probation. He is currently getting ``Apocalypto'' ready for release in December by showing it to test audiences. Over the weekend, he screened it in Oklahoma and Texas.
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