Domestic violence charges against former NRL star Hazem El Masri will be dropped on Monday, police have confirmed.

El Masri, 39, was charged with assaulting his former wife Douah El-Cherif, 25, during an argument in October over property and living arrangements.

The relationship, which lasted for just over a year, had disintegrated three months before the fight, Fairfax Media was told at the time.

The pair argued when El Masri asked Ms El-Cherif to leave one of his properties in which she had been temporarily staying during the separation.