article_snippet.sent: Former AFL star Ben Cousins lawyer Adain Craus represented Former AFL star Ben Cousins during the session and claimed the former West Coast Eagles captain had conflicting medical appointments.
article_snippet.sent: Perth-based Cousins lawyer claimed the former West Coast Eagles captain had conflicting medical appointments .
article_snippet.sent: Cousins, 36, who has a history of substance abuse, has made headlines several times in the past fortnight after a string of alleged incidents .
article_snippet.sent: Perth-based Cousins has twice been hospitalised for mental health assessments following that incvident - the first time after Perth-based Cousins breached security at an SAS base in Swanbourne.
article_snippet.sent: Cousins retired from the AFL in 2010.
article_snippet.sent: Cousins played 270-games with West Coast and Richmond during the former West Coast Eagles captain career in the Australian Football League .
article_snippet.sent: Ben Cousins and former partner Maylea Tinecheff pictured on a New Idea magazine cover in 2011 .
highlights_snippet.sent: Cousins has been involved in a string of bizarre incidents in the weeks since which have seen Ben Cousins hospitalised for mental health checks .