Nick Kyrgios’s lawyer has recently publicized that Kyrgios will be applying to have an assault charge dismissed based on mental health grounds as reported from the Australian Court from Tuesday.
Michael Kukulies-Smith (Kyrgios’s Lawyer) has appeared on behalf of Kyrgios in court of the tennis star’s hometown in Canberra and had asked for an adjournment to inform that forensic mental health reports could be prepared.
Magistrate Glenn Theakston adjourned the case until February 3, when Kyrgios lawyers are expected to apply to have the charge dismissed under a section of the local crimes law. The Australian tennis star will then appear in court physically on a settled date for the first time since the time he was charged by police summons in July.
Contextually, the law provides the magistrates the power to dismiss a charge if the accused person is mentally unstable and dealing with allegations that would benefit the community and the defendant
According to the assault charged, the charge has the potential to reach a maximum punishment of two years in prison which in this case is where the incident occurred back in January 2021 that was reported to local police last December. In summary, the charge was reportedly to relate regarding the relationship of Kyrgios and his former girlfriend.
Krygios Expresses on Social Media
Kyrgios has also made several remarks regarding his mental health conditions on his social medias. Some examples are quoted as “I was lonely, depressed, negative, abusing alcohol, drugs pushed away family and friends.” On his personal Instagram account.
Another one which is “I felt as if I could not talk or trust anyone. This was a result of not opening up and refusing to lean on my loved ones and simply push myself little by little to be positive.”
After recently ending Daniil Medvedev’s US Open tittle defence last month which led him into the quarterfinals, Kyrgios expresses pride at lifting himself out of some really negative circumstances and some scary places off the court
Kyrgios made a statement as well that “There’s only so much I can control and im taking all the steps and dealing with that off the court” to reporters. Which he then concluded with “I can only do what I can and I’m here in Tokyo and just trying to play some good tennis, continue that momentum and just try to do my job.
