Domestic violence charges against former NRL player Hazem El Masri have been dropped.

Domestic violence charges against former NRL player Hazem El Masri have been dropped.

El Masri was charged with two assault offences in October after an allegation of domestic violence against his second wife Douah El-Charif.

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The former Bulldogs player was due to face a hearing this week on charges of assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm, after his second wife, Douah El-Cherif, made domestic violence allegations last October.

But prosecutors told Bankstown Local Court on Monday the charges and a related application for an apprehended domestic violence order had been reviewed and a determination had been made to withdraw them.

The charges were then formally dismissed by the magistrate and El Masri walked from court a free man.

"I've always been confident with the legal system and you know, truth just prevailed," El Masri told reporters outside court.

"I want to urge every lady, man, child - any person out there that is subjected to any domestic violence to make sure they report it.

"The justice system is there to protect us."

His lawyer Chris Murphy has previously described Ms El-Charif as a "compulsive liar", telling a Sydney court that the claims against El Masri were "hysterical and false".

The 39-year-old high-profile former winger married Ms El-Charif earlier in 2015 after splitting from his first wife and mother of his three children, Arwa, the year before.

In court last October, police alleged the offences against El Masri occurred at the Bankstown home the couple shared on October 19.

Claims in court documents alleged El-Masri assaulted Ms El-Charif twice over a two-hour period between 7.30pm and 9.30pm.

But Mr Murphy claimed the victim had made a prank call to police and only went to the police station "because she'd get fined otherwise".

He said his client would "never strike a woman".

El Masri entered a not guilty plea on that date.

The former White Ribbon ambassador against domestic violence has been on bail since his arrest.

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