And just when we were wondering who actually bought the Malibu home of David Duchovny and Téa Leoni, we get the news that the mystery buyer was none other than Mel Gibson.

Mel Gibson has been in the news so many times we’re not really sure where to start. There was his unexpected box office smash that had Jews all over the place upset over their roles in the film. And then there was the drunk driving incident where he spewed racial slurs and the “F” word all over the place.

So if he thinks he owns Malibu, is he slowly trying to buy it up? He snapped up this 5-bedroom, 4-bath, 6,578-square-foot home for a reported $11.5 million. It had been listed for $12 million. Not too bad considering Duchovny and Leoni bought the place in 1999 for $3.55 million.

The couple was supposedly planning to return to New York so the kids could go to school there. And maybe that was their original intent, but suddenly Duchovny was in rehab for sex addiction. Did we mention he plays a sex-obsessed writer in the show Californication? Yeah. Irony, huh?

The property is a pretty sweet deal, though. It has unobstructed canyon and ocean views, two swimming pools, is private, and has a whopping 5.5 acres. Take a look at pictures below.

[source: LAT]