The tennis player - who is accused of assaulting an ex-partner - cites his struggles with mental health.
Lawyers for Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios have said they will apply to have an assault charge against him dismissed on mental health grounds.
The charge against the 27-year-old relates to an alleged assault in December 2021 on a former partner.Kyrgios's lawyer Michael Kukulies-Smith said he was making the application having reviewed his client's "medical history since 2015, including public disclosures of his mental health struggles". However the bar for a case to be thrown out on these grounds is high, and needs approval from the director of public prosecutions.
But it was Kyrgios's preference for the hearing to take place as soon as possible and for him to attend in person, the ACT Magistrates Court heard.
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