Winmar's Hall of Fame status under AFL review The AFL has confirmed it is reviewing Nicky Winmar's Australian Football Hall of Fame status after he was found guilty of assaulting a woman. AAP · Jul 6
Football legend acquitted of child sex abuse charges Australian Rules football great Barry Cable has walked from court with his family after being acquitted of a slew of historical child sexual abuse charges. AAP · Apr 19
Weeks until child sex-accused footy champ learns fate A former football champion might have to wait more than a month to learn if he is convicted of child sex abuse charges. AAP · Mar 13
'Child sex victim' had links to footy champ, trial told A woman who accused former football champion Barry Cable of historical child sexual abuse stayed with his family in the 1970s, a court has been told. AAP · Mar 12
'He'd laugh': football great accused of abusing girls Former champion footballer Barry Cable allegedly intimately touched and exposed himself to young girls in a spa in the 1980s, a child sex abuse trial has heard. AAP · Mar 11
Child sex trial told of ex-footy champion's 'dark side' Former Australian Rules star Barry Cable allegedly abused an eight-year-old girl at his family home when his wife was sleeping, a court has been told. AAP · Mar 9
Ex-footballer Cable fighting child sexual abuse charges Former Australian Rules footballer Barry Cable has pleaded not guilty to historical child sexual abuse charges, dating back to the 1960s. AAP · May 30, 2024
Ex-footballer Barry Cable faces child sex abuse charges Detectives have charged disgraced Australian Rules footballer Barry Cable with historic sex crimes against a young girl in the late-1960s. AAP · May 24, 2024
Barry Cable removed from Australian rules Hall of Fame The AFL has revoked Barry Cable's Hall of Fame status after the Australian rules identity was found to have sexually abused a Perth girl. AAP · Jun 27, 2023
Disgraced Barry Cable stripped of Legend status in WA Barry Cable is no longer a legend in the eyes of Western Australia, with the disgraced footballer stripped of a host of honours. The New Daily · Jun 22, 2023
Barry Cable's AFL honours in doubt after abuse finding The lawyer for a woman repeatedly sexually abused as a child by Barry Cable has called for the legendary footballer to be stripped of his honours. AAP · Jun 16, 2023
Football legend Barry Cable abused girl, judge finds A judge has awarded $818,700 damages to a woman who was repeatedly sexually abused as a child by legendary footballer Barry Cable in the 1960s and 70s. The New Daily · Jun 16, 2023
Barry Cable trial hears of 'striking similarities' in five women's allegations of sexual abuse against former footballer Former footballer Barry Cable's sexual abuse damages trial wraps up, with the lawyer representing a woman who alleges he abused her telling the court there were many similarities between her case and those of four other women. ABC News · Feb 17, 2023
Two more women detail alleged child abuse at hands of football great Barry Cable, and why they didn't report it Two Victorian women testify they were sexually abused by Barry Cable when they were children, taking to five the number of women claiming abuse as the former football great faces a civil trial. ABC News · Feb 15, 2023
AAP · Feb 14, 2023 Footy great allegedly sexually abused five girls Two more witness are set to testify that Australian rules football legend Barry Cable sexually abused them when a civil trial resumes in Perth.
ABC News · Feb 14, 2023 Another two women to testify they were allegedly abused by Australian rules football great Barry Cable Another two witnesses are set to testify that they were sexually assaulted as children by Barry Cable, bringing the total number of women who allege they were abused by the football legend to five.
AAP · Feb 14, 2023 Two more women accuse footy great of child sexual abuse More witnesses are set to accuse football great Barry Cable of sexually abusing them when they were children, when a civil trial continues in Perth.
ABC News · Feb 13, 2023 Barry Cable civil case hears from third woman alleging Australian rules football great sexually abused her Another woman comes forward alleging she was also sexually abused by football legend Barry Cable as a child, saying she was too "scared and intimidated" to tell anyone about her complaint against the then-North Melbourne coach.
AAP · Feb 12, 2023 Footy great allegedly sexually abused third victim Another witness is expected to accuse Australian rules football legend Barry Cable of sexually abusing them when a civil trial resumes in Perth.
ABC News · Feb 10, 2023 Second woman levels sexual abuse allegations against former Australian rules football great Barry Cable A second woman who claims Barry Cable was sexually inappropriate towards her when she was a child tells court how he became aggressive when she brought up the alleged abuse of the first woman.
AAP · Feb 9, 2023 Third alleged sex victim to testify against footy great Another witness is expected to accuse Australian rules football great Barry Cable of sexually abusing them during a civil trial.
AAP · Feb 8, 2023 Footy legend told alleged sex victim she was 'lucky' Football great Barry Cable is alleged to have told a teenager she was lucky and would eventually thank him when sexually abusing her more than 50 years ago.
ABC News · Feb 8, 2023 Barry Cable sexual assault civil trial hears witness will also allege football star abused her The civil trial of former football star Barry Cable for an alleged sexual assault gets underway in Perth, with a lawyer telling the court a second woman will allege she was also abused.
AAP · Feb 7, 2023 Football legend Barry Cable facing sex abuse trial Australian Rules football great Barry Cable is set to face a civil trial in Perth over allegations he sexually abused a girl more than 50 years ago.
ABC News · Feb 7, 2023 Woman alleges Barry Cable attempted to rape her at Perth Football Club, court documents reveal A woman who alleges former Aussie Rules great Barry Cable sexually abused her says he attempted to rape her in the change room of the Perth Football Club in the early 1970s.