Superior Court Judge Lawrence Mira concluded on Wednesday that Mel Gibson has met terms of his no-contest plea to drunken driving after his 2006 arrest.

“I am pleased with the efforts you have put in on this round of probation” the judge said to Gibson. “This hasn’t been easy for you,” he added.

The court heard how Gibson has attended Alcoholics Anonymous and court-ordered DUI meetings. He attended five AA meetings every week for nearly five months and three per week for seven months.

However, Mel Gibson will have to complete the remaining 18 months of his probation, but no more progress reports are necessary.

"Assuming there is no violation on the terms of the probation, it will be finished at the end of 36 months," Deputy District Attorney Gina Satriano said outside court, according to the Associated Press.

Mel Gibson will probably be haunted by accounts of his drunken anti-Semitic tirade in front of the police officers that arrested him for the rest of his life.

The public outcry was enormous when reports of Mel Gibson’s tirade surfaced in July 2006. He was arrested on Malibu’s Pacific Coast Highway, inebriated. He was under heavy criticism for his anti-Semitic slur and there are many who do not seem to have forgiven him. Gibson has apologized repeatedly for his words.

Under the terms of his three-year probation, the actor must not commit any criminal offences or drive after having consumed alcohol.

Mel Gibson has not made many public appearances after the July 2006 incident. He directed “Apocalypto,” a historical epic about the downfall of the Mayan empire, released in December 2006. Gibson is perhaps best known for his roles in box office hits during the 1980s and 1990s: the “Mad Max” series; the “Lethal Weapon” series; “Maverick”; “Braveheart” and “Ransom.”

Gibson has left his mark on the 2000s with films such as “The Patriot,” “What Women Want” and “Signs,” as well as the controversial “The Passion of the Christ,” which he directed.