Disgraced AFL player Ben Cousins is seeking to have serious traffic offences against him dropped.
The former West Coast Eagles captain appeared in Fremantle Courthouse on Wednesday charged with reckless driving, failing to stop and refusing a breath test relating to an incident on March 11 when he allegedly led police on a low-speed chase from Bicton to Mosman Park.
Lawyer Michael Tudori said he had made a submission to the prosecution to have the charges against Cousins discontinued.
The 2005 Brownlow medallist had his bail renewed and is due back in court on June 24.
An arrest warrant was issued last month when the 36-year-old failed to appear in court for the traffic offences, with his lawyer at the time citing conflicting medical appointments for his absence.
Cousins turned himself in and Magistrate Steven Malley said, while he accepted the former midfielder had a medical appointment, it was close to court and he could have attended both.
He also told Cousins at the time that the driving charges were serious and he faced a mandatory jail term if convicted.
Cousins has twice been hospitalised for mental health assessments following the March traffic incident - after he breached security at an SAS base and then after some odd behaviour in Canning Vale that included climbing onto the roof of a house and photographing a Sikh temple.
He appeared briefly in Armadale Courthouse on Tuesday over the Canning Vale incident, charged with trespassing and causing property damage.
Cousins fell from grace following a string of off-field incidents and substance abuse problems.
The father-of-two was suspended from the AFL for one year in 2007 for bringing the game into disrepute before making a comeback with Richmond.
He retired in 2010.
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