Cousins fronted court Monday and pleaded guilty to 11 charges including aggravated stalking, breaching a violence restraining order and drug possession.

He has been behind bars for a month after being refused bail.

His lawyer argued the 38-year-old be released into a rehabilitation facility after an opening arose for an intensive six-month program.

“He's ready and willing to enter a residential rehabilitation program,” Cousins’ lawyer Michael Tudori told the court.

“I'm very concerned that he'll lose his (rehab) opportunity."

 

But the police prosecutor said they were seeking a prison sentence after tapping Cousins’ phone calls from prison.

Prosecutors said in one conversation the former AFL star told his father he didn’t mind “dressing this up as a rehab”.

“I have a bit of gear and it makes me feel normal,” Cousins said.

“I'm not going to stop. I don't want to stop.”

His lawyer argued those calls were made during the early stages of his imprisonment and that he no longer felt that way.

Mr Tudori said he had noticed his client was now speaking better and was no longer agitated.

Cousins will remain behind bars before appearing in Perth Magistrates Court next Monday.