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"Mel Gibson has reached a plea deal in his criminal case and will not serve jail time for allegedly assaulting then-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva more than a year ago, TMZ reports.The \u201CBraveheart\u201D star reportedly pled guilty to a minor charge of simple battery and will receive a sentence that involves counseling \u2014 but no lockup. According to TMZ\u2019s sources, Mel had felt his chances of winning the case were good, but didn\u2019t want a lengthy court battle to affect his family \u2014 including Lucia, his daughter with Oksana, as well as his seven children with ex-wife Robin."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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