- by foxnews
- 19 Jan 2025
The tennis player Nick Kyrgios is due to face a court in Australia after being summonsed to face a charge of assaulting a former girlfriend.
The 27-year-old Australian, who reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon on Monday, will appear in court in Canberra next month.
Australian Capital Territory policing confirmed on Tuesday that Kyrgios had been summonsed to face a charge of assaulting his former girlfriend. It relates to an incident in Canberra last December.
The summons reportedly relates to an allegation that Kyrgios grabbed a former partner, according to the Canberra Times.
The maximum sentence for the charge is two years.
Kyrgios is in a relationship with the social media influencer Costeen Hatzi, who has joined him in London for the championships. The couple, who are rumoured to be engaged, have posted a series of photographs on Instagram, documenting their sightseeing tours of London and practice sessions at SW19.
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