Mel Gibson has made headlines for his bad temper before, but now his step-mother is filing papers.

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This time, it's personal.

Mel Gibson is notorious in Hollywood for his explosive temper and offensive rants, but now the actor's shenanigans have reportedly become a family matter.

Gibson's step-mother Teddy Joye Hicks Gibson, who married Gibson's father Hutton Gibson in 2001, filed papers for a restraining order against the 56-year-old actor Monday.

Joye's primary complaint, according to TMZ, is that both Gibson and his sister Maura hate her for refusing to approve controversial "Ozone" medical treatments for their father, who suffers from various ailments.

In the documents, Joye claims Gibson has verbally assaulted her multiple times over the years, and cites specific episodes of Mad Max's outbursts.

Last October, for instance, Gibson allegedly told Joye "not to f--k with (Hutton's) treatments in any way," and just this past January, he was so upset after Joye declined his cooking (due to a stomach ache) that he flew into a rage.

"Mel looked at me in disgust and said that I was insulting him by not eating," she wrote in the documents. "He then threatened that if I did not eat he would have me put outside."

The 78-year-old woman even admitting to getting so scared of Gibson that she vomited out of fear during one verbal barrage.

To top it all off, Joye claims Gibson is trying to kick her out of the house, which is owned by one of his charities, rendering her homeless.

Based on these accusations, a California judge decided Monday that the case will go to a full hearing next month.

In April, Gibson made headlines after screenwriter Joe Eszterhas wrote a nine-page letter to Gibson for being anti-semetic, threatening to kill Oksana Gregorieva and denying the Holocaust.

Gibson responded with a terse denial.

"I have your letter. I am not going to respond to it line by line, but I will say that the great majority of the facts as well as the statements and actions attributed to me in your letter are utter fabrications," the actor wrote.

"I would have thought that a man of principle, as you purport to be, would have withdrawn from the project regardless of the money if you truly believed me to be the person you describe in your letter.

"I guess you only had a problem with me after Warner Brothers rejected your script."

 

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