Carey, 36, has been charged with three counts of assaulting police and three counts of resisting arrest, after an incident at his Port Melbourne home in January.
A police spokesman said on Monday it had not been decided whether Carey's police assault charges would be pursued as indictable or summary offences.
If they are indictable offences, they will carry a maximum five years' jail each.
If pursued as less serious summary offences, the police assault charges would carry a maximum six months' jail and/or a $2,500 fine each.
The resisting arrest charges are summary offences and carry a maximum six months' imprisonment and/or a $2,500 fine.
Carey, who was sensationally forced to quit AFL club North Melbourne in 2002 over an affair with a teammate's wife, hit the headlines again this year after the January 27 incident.
Police were then called to a reported domestic dispute at Carey's luxury apartment, which he shared with his girlfriend Kate Neilson.
He was alleged to have assaulted police at his front door and was subdued with capsicum spray after an alleged struggle.
He was arrested and taken to St Kilda police station.
Carey also faces charges in the United States after an incident last October in Miami, Florida, where he was charged with aggravated battery of a police officer and resisting arrest with violence.
Miami police were called to the Mandarin Hotel last October after Ms Neilson allegedly complained Carey had smashed a glass in her face, cutting her mouth and neck.
When officers entered Carey's hotel room they alleged he "kicked one of the officers in the face with his foot" and "elbowed another one in the side of the face".
His trial has been set for a Miami court on July 21.
The maximum penalty he could face there is 15 years in a US jail, but his US lawyer Richard A Sharpstein said Carey intends pleading not guilty and hopes to avoid any jail time.
He has already rejected the prosecution's offer of one year and one day in jail.
Carey, who lost his media AFL commentator roles in the wake of both incidents, also sparked intense debate over an interview with Andrew Denton on ABC television's Enough Rope show.
He will face Melbourne Magistrates Court on May 22 over the Victorian charges.
ninemsn 6 May 2008.
The heading says 'could face jail', reality is that he won't, because he's a 'sports person' would not even call him a hero, rather a disgrace. Even 'if' he does go to jail, it will be a holiday.
The legal system is a joke on the commoner.
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