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Mel Gibson will likely face domestic violence charges stemming from an alleged attack on Oksana Grigorieva, while she will not be charged with extortion.

That’s according to a TMZ report that is careful to note that this decision has not officially been reached. However, it looks like the D.A. is leaning this way.

Officials feel there’s enough evidence to prosecute the actor, but not to prove beyond a doubt that Oksana tried to extort him using the Mel Gibson tapes.

The turning point for the D.A., sources say, is that prior to being accused of violence, Mel admitted slapping Oksana in the couple’s family law/custody case.

He says he did this without brute force, but to make her come to her senses, as she was shaking baby Lucia wildly and he feared Shaken Baby Syndrome.

The likely charge against Mel is misdemeanor domestic violence, not a felony. That carries a max of six months in jail which he almost surely wouldn’t get.

The extortion investigation is less clear-cut. Sheriff’s investigators believe there is evidence to prosecute Oksana Grigorieva, but the D.A. doesn’t agree.

A decision is expected in the next two weeks, possibly this week.