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Mel Gibson Charged with Battery

Truth rating: 10

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Mel Gibson has been charged with simple misdemeanor battery, avoiding a felony domestic violence count that could have landed him in jail.

Gibson will plead no contest when he is formally arraigned today at LA Superior Court at 1:30 PT.

As Gossip Cop reported earlier, the actor will avoid jail with this plea deal, but will be required to undergo regular counseling.

The charge stems from Gibson’s infamous January 2010 blowup with Oksana Grigorieva, who claims the star hit her while she held their daughter Lucia.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Luna-Petunia/100000789652822 Luna Petunia

    this is ridiculous, over a year to bring charges, if it took that loooonnnnnng to bring charges(finding enough evidence that will stick) if by some chance it does go to trial, still an if, getting a guilty will be hard. and if he is found guilty, he can then turn around and fight it. that is if he can stand the press and not just go for a plea. JUST A LONG TIME, OVER A YEAR, FOR CHARGES. How long does the county have to charge anyway, 2 or 3 years?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Emilie-Schutz-Kessinger/100001313477719 Emilie Schutz Kessinger

    Yup, they can also try teens as adults due to waiting 1, 2, 3 years… ie… you can do something stupid at age 16, and be tried at the age of 18 as an adult and carry felony charges for the rest of your life! TOTAL CRAP!

  • Action Cam

    WROMG! Mel Gibson didnt avoid jail time, he was never sentenced to do any jal time nor was sentenced for domestic vioence.
    domestric battery charged is based on mel gibson own declaration to the police that he slap oksa on the face to stop her from endagering the abby with baby shacking syndrom. luica was 2 monht old at the time!!

    even if for savign soemones lkife use of force is prohibited and thereofr he is sentenced. but since he saved lucvias life the sentence is misdeameanor of the lowest degreee, menaing he cant be sentenced ot jail nor to a fee.
    Mel gibson could contest the charge, or agre to the charge or not contest it
    jhe did a not contest with people V west, menaing that he stgate that he is innocent but wil not fight the charge,.
    this is NOT a DV charge at all.
    Mel Gibson could not consted the charge since it is based on hiw own declaration ot the police, as it wil mena tha the lied under oath wixch is a felony!

    worse than what he was chargedwith.
    he saved lucias life who is now menataly disabled and has learning disability, due to the severe brian damages that her fake mohter oksana grigorieva purt on her by shakign her like a rag doll on the night of janaury 06, 2010.

    She should be jailed for child abused andfor extortion.,

    since the DV chaerges have not been aknowledged then she had no other reasons but extortion to record mel gibson’s phone conversation! since she had no reason to protect ehrslef form him since the aledged domestic violence never occured as she described it.

    by sentecing mel gibson for his own version of wha toccured, the DA say that the DV never happend and tha tthey do not beleive oksanas version, menaing that no DV took place based on the facts and result of the investigatgion.

    and that there is no doubt about it.
    in that case she shoulsd be arrested nd charged wiht extrotion.

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