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Australia’s Nick Kyrgios (AP Picture/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Nick Kyrgios’s legal professionals have beforehand indicated the Wimbledon finalist would search to have the cost — one depend of frequent assault — dismissed on psychological well being grounds
Tennis star Nick Kyrgios is on Friday anticipated to ask an Australian courtroom to drop an assault cost towards him, citing struggles along with his psychological well being.
The cost surfaced in July final yr, when police mentioned a 27-year-old man — later confirmed to be Kyrgios — had been summoned to courtroom “following an incident in December 2021″.
The alleged incident has not been detailed, however Australian media, together with nationwide broadcaster ABC, have mentioned it concerned his former girlfriend.
Legal professionals for Kyrgios have beforehand indicated the Wimbledon finalist would search to have the cost — one depend of frequent assault — dismissed on psychological well being grounds.
Canberra-born Kyrgios, identified for his mercurial expertise and on-court outbursts, has spoken publicly about his battles with despair and the pressures of world tennis fame.
The case was adjourned in October, as Kyrgios ready to play the Japan Open, so consultants may put together psychological well being stories for the courtroom.
“There’s solely a lot I can management, and I’m taking all of the steps and coping with that off the courtroom,” Kyrgios mentioned from Tokyo on the time.
The cost has been filed at an area courtroom in Australia’s capital, Canberra.
Beneath native legal guidelines, some fees could be dismissed on the premise of “psychological impairment”, however magistrates should additionally think about the gravity of the alleged crime.
Kyrgios burst to fame as a 19-year-old in 2014, when he shocked the tennis world by beating Rafael Nadal to achieve the quarter-finals of Wimbledon.
Usually criticised for squandering his skills, Kyrgios reached the ultimate of final yr’s Wimbledon — however was comprehensively crushed by Novak Djokovic.
Kyrgios received the Australian Open males’s doubles crown with shut buddy Thanasi Kokkinakis final yr however was dominated out of this yr’s event with a “grotesque” knee harm.
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