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And first assistant director Dave Halls pled no contest to negligent use of a deadly weapon and was given six months probation.
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Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Mel Gibson Dropped as Co-Grand Marshal from New Orleans Parade, Citing 'Threats That Cause Us Concern'
Gibson pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor battery charge in March 2011, following a January 2010 altercation with then-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
In 2011, the Oscar winner pleaded no contest in Los Angeles Superior Court to a misdemeanor charge of battering his then-girlfriend.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
Last October, Cochran pleaded no contest in exchange for the six-year prison term, which gives him more than three years credit for time already spent behind bars.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
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Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Mel Gibson Dropped as Co-Grand Marshal from New Orleans Parade, Citing 'Threats That Cause Us Concern'
Gibson pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor battery charge in March 2011, following a January 2010 altercation with then-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
In 2011, the Oscar winner pleaded no contest in Los Angeles Superior Court to a misdemeanor charge of battering his then-girlfriend.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
Last October, Cochran pleaded no contest in exchange for the six-year prison term, which gives him more than three years credit for time already spent behind bars.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
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“No contest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20contest. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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