No Charges For Mel Gibson Over Abuse Claim

Mel Gibson will not be charged over a claim he shoved and abused a photographer who took photos of him and his new girlfriend.

Kristi Miller, from Sydney's Daily Telegraph, claimed the scuffle happened as the Oscar-winning director, 59, and Rosalind Ross, 24, left an Israeli Film Festival screening of Matti Caspi - Confession on 23 August.

State police said in a statement "the matter was ... investigated thoroughly".

"At this stage, based on the evidence gathered, no formal action will be taken," New South Wales Police said.

Gibson's Sydney lawyer was informed of the police decision not to press charges, his publicist Rogers and Cowan said.

"Mel Gibson has totally denied from the onset these disgraceful allegations," Rogers and Cowan said in a statement.

"He is now satisfied that the police, after speaking to witnesses and reviewing CCTV footage and other evidence, have found there is no substance to the claim."

Ms Miller told The Daily Telegraph that she had turned away from Gibson after taking his photo before he shoved her in the back.

He then abused her until Ross intervened by grabbing his shoulder, she alleged.

"I thought he was going to punch me in the face," Ms Miller told the newspaper a day after the incident.

Gibson is in Sydney to direct a World War II drama Hacksaw Ridge, starring Andrew Garfield and Vince Vaughn.