Football identity Jarrah Maksymow has briefly landed behind bars over police claims he menaced his ex-partner in his ute and wrenched a door handle off her car.
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He got bail, but a magistrate warned Maksymow on Tuesday that his freedom might not last.
"What you have to understand is this bail today does not mean you are not going to face a jail sentence if you are found guilty on these matters," Richard Funston said in Albury Local Court.
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"It shows you how important this bail is, if you can get things working."
Maksymow handed himself in to Albury police on finding out a warrant was out for his arrest.
He just returned, defence lawyer Tim Hemsley said, from Sydney.
Mr Hemsley said his client attended an aunt's funeral on Saturday afternoon.
His brother had too much to drink afterwards so "Mr Maksymow drove his brother home to Sydney from the funeral and came home last night".
The Lavington man faces a domestic violence-related charge of stalking or intimidation of his ex-partner at Springdale Heights on October 31 between 1.30pm and 1.40pm.
He is further charged with recklessly destroy or damage property for allegedly yanking-off the driver's external door handle of the victim's car and with driving a motor vehicle in order to menace another person.
That last charge related to an incident police claim took place on Algona Road, Springdale Heights, and Kaitlers Road, Nagle Road and Webb Street, Lavington.
Maksymow was sentenced in mid-2019 to a five-month intensive corrections order over an attack on his ex-partner at her Springdale Height home the previous September.
He was also ordered to complete 100 hours of work.
Mr Hemsley said Maksymow, who had been offence-free for two years and stopped drinking, had completed the hours and was no longer under supervision.
"The allegations are very serious, but at this stage they are allegations," he said.
Maksymow, 28, was bailed to front court again on November 24.
