Mel Gibson booked and released on battery charge

California authorities say Mel Gibson was booked and released on a misdemeanor battery charge as part of the criminal case involving his former girlfriend.

Jail records show the actor-director turned himself in Wednesday to the El Segundo Police Department.

He was fingerprinted and his mug shot was taken, a requirement of a plea deal that resulted in him being on probation for three years and attending a year of domestic violence counseling.

The 55-year-old Oscar winner was accused of striking his then-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva (gree-GOR'-yeh-vuh) during a January 2010 fight, but his no contest plea on Friday did not include an admission of guilt.

Gibson opted to turn himself in on the same night his film "The Beaver" premiered at the South by Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas.
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Mel Gibson Takes A Plea Deal In Exchange For No Jail Time

Actor Mel Gibson has accepted a plea deal in his domestic violence case in order to avoid a battle in court and jail time.

Mel will plead no contest in court on Friday to a charge of misdemeanor battery of his ex-girlfriend and mother of his daughter, Oksana? Grigorieva. Most likely he'll serve probation or have to complete some counseling time. In other words, he'll get a tiny slap on the wrist.

The battle between Mel & Oksana has been rough the last couple of months. Oksana claims that Mel punched her in the head and face on more than on occasion in January 2010 at Mel's Malibu home. Mel Gibson later admitted to slapping her in order to restrain her from shaking their daughter, Lucia while they were arguing.

Later Mel claimed that Oksana was trying to extort him for millions of dollars.

See...messy. 

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