NSW rape suspect gets bail for drug rehab

A once-promising jockey who allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted a woman as his drug addiction "spiralled out of control" will be released from behind bars - on the condition his brother escorts him straight to rehab in another state.

NSW Supreme Court Justice Lucy McCallum on Wednesday described the 23-year-old's release bid as "the sort of application that when you read it, you can't imagine yourself granting bail".

She told the court that despite evidence Taylor Lovelock-Wiggins was grappling with a serious drug problem, his alleged crimes did not appear to flow from his addiction but instead seemed to be "inspired by a complete absence of respect for women".

"It just looks like a man refusing to release his hold on a woman," Justice McCallum said.

"It has nothing to do with drugs. It has everything to do with an attitude towards women."

Lovelock-Wiggins has been charged with one count of taking or detaining his alleged victim to obtain advantage, and another of aggravated sexual assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Police allege that last September he sexually assaulted the woman in a ute near the NSW-ACT border.

It's alleged he then drove her to another location and continued to assault her as she tried and failed to get the attention of passing drivers.

Although Justice McCallum described the charges as extremely serious, she granted bail on the condition that the accused man's jockey brother Ryan Wiggins picks him up from Goulburn Correctional Centre and escorts him on the cross-country trip to Queensland's Gold Coast.

There, Lovelock-Wiggins will be treated in a residential rehabilitation program while he waits for his case to be heard in Sydney's District Court.

Justice McCallum agreed on Wednesday that documents tendered in the case were "consistent with a drug addiction spiralling out of control" and said she believed the bail conditions imposed were sufficient to protect the alleged victim.

She said the rehab centre's location would keep Lovelock-Wiggins far away from his alleged victim, while he could receive considerable support from loved ones.

Lovelock-Wiggins, who according to his racing family's website was apprenticed under champion Victorian trainer Peter Moody, grinned and wiped away tears as Justice McCallum made her decision.

His brother, mother and a female supporter seated in the court's public gallery sighed and hugged.

The case is due to return to court on February 10.