Salim Mehajer has been taken to Westmead Hospital after a car accident prevented him from attending the first day of his trial for allegedly assaulting a taxi driver.
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Mr Mehajer's lawyer Brett Galloway told magistrate Vivien Swain on Monday his client had been involved in a "relatively serious" crash on the way to Downing Centre Local Court.
Mr Galloway said he had seen footage of Mr Mehajer on a stretcher being loaded into an ambulance bound for hospital.
It is understood two cars were involved in the crash in Delhi Street, Lidcombe, shortly before 9am on Monday.
The court heard Mr Mehajer's driver was behind the wheel of the white Mercedes.
The property developer and former Auburn deputy mayor was due to face trial on Monday for allegedly assaulting a taxi driver outside The Star casino in the early hours of April 2 and stealing his mobile phone and eftpos machine.
The court heard there was CCTV footage of the alleged altercation.
Mr Mehajer, 31, was charged with a second assault later that morning after he was whisked away from Sydney City Police Station on Day Street in a Porsche.
Channel Seven journalist Laura Banks was caught between the car door and the Porsche as Mr Mehajer fled a media scrum outside the police station. He was charged with causing Ms Banks actual bodily harm.
Mr Mehajer has been at the centre of a string of legal battles since his lavish but ill-fated wedding in August 2015.
Last week he was ordered to pay more than $1 million, including legal costs, after the District Court found he had not paid for extensive stonework on his "marble palace" in Lidcombe. He did not appear in court.
The assault trial, slated to run for two days from Monday, was adjourned until at least Tuesday after police confirmed Mr Mehajer was at Westmead Hospital. The court heard he had been given morphine for neck pain.
Mr Mehajer has pleaded not guilty to the charges.