Tennis star Nick Kyrgios was set to appear in Australian court on Tuesday on a single count of common assault charge after his former girlfriend said that Kyrgios assaulted her in December 2021.
Now the tennis “bad boy” is reportedly trying to dismiss the case on mental health grounds, per various media outlets.
As the 27-year-old is currently competing in Tokyo at the Japan Open, his lawyer Michael Kukulies-Smith appeared in court in Canberra on Tuesday to request another adjournment. Kyrgios’s team wants more time to “prepare forensic mental health reports” on the tennis star, per the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.