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Nick Kyrgios: Tennis star admits assaulting ex-girlfriend but avoids conviction

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Australian tennis player NickKyrgios Nick Kyrgios has admitted assaulting an ex-girlfriend but has escaped prosecution.

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The 27-year-old entered a guilty plea in a Canberra court after his attorneys were unsuccessful in getting the charge dropped due to mental health issues.

During an altercation in Canberra in 2021, Mr. Kyrgios pushed Chiara Passari onto the sidewalk, the court heard.

When deciding not to give him a criminal record, the magistrate referred to the occurrence as "a single act of folly or exasperation."

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According to facts that have been agreed upon and submitted to the court, Mr. Kyrgios pushed Ms. Passari on January 10, 2021, after she prevented his automobile from leaving the scene of their argument.

"It is in that context and the frustration that resulted, that my client reacted and the offence occurred," he said.

"There is a relationship between the mental health and the offending - even though he no longer suffers it to the same extent today."

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Mr Kyrgios apologised the next day, showing his acceptance of responsibility to Ms Passari, Mr Kukulies-Smith added.

When sentencing Mr Kygrios, Magistrate Beth Campbell said he had been "a young man trying to extricate himself from a heighted emotional situation".

"You acted in the heat of the moment," she said.

"I am dealing with you in the same way I would deal with any young man in this court. You are a young man who happens to hit a tennis ball particularly well."

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