"Our sources say Mel will appear in court Friday and will plead no contest to simple battery -- a lesser charge than corporal injury on a spouse," the website reports.
"As we first reported, Mel had been agonizing over the impending criminal charge -- related to the January 6, 2010 blowout with Oksana Grigorieva -- worried that a prolonged court fight would be a strain on his family, particularly his children. We're told ... even though Mel believed he could win the case -- he struck the deal to protect his loved ones.
"We're told the deal involves counseling but NO JAIL TIME."
When contacted for a response, Mel's lawyer, Blair Berk, released the following statement to TMZ: "I know from almost 20 years as a criminal defense lawyer that sometimes justice can come for a client at too high a personal price. That is particularly so for Mel, whose right to due process can only be exercised in this case with an enormous media circus attached.
"Mel's priority throughout all of this has been that the best interests of his young daughter Lucia and the rest of his children be put first in any decisions made. It is with only that in mind that he asked me to approach the District Attorney with a proposal that would bring all of this to an immediate end."
According to Wikipedia, Grigorieva -- a Russian pianist born 1970 -- is and singer-songwriter and was romantically involved with Gibson a few years ago (their daughter Lucia was born on October 30, 2009.) The couple separated in April 2010. In June 2010, Grigorieva obtained a restraining order against Gibson, stating he had physically assaulted her. Gibson was barred from coming near Grigorieva or their daughter.
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