Barry Cable

Australian football great Barry Cable is facing allegations he sexually abused a Perth teenager during his playing career. Cable, 79, will be the subject of ...

He has since been inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame and was awarded the coveted ‘Legend’ status in 2012. The woman is also seeking damages for psychiatric harm, which she alleges she suffered because of Cable’s sexual behaviour and harassment, which she alleges continued until she was in her late thirties. Cable, 79, will be the subject of a five-day civil trial beginning on Wednesday, with the former ruck rover accused of sexually abusing the woman in ’68, when she was in her early teens and he was in his mid-20s, and in ’73 when she was in her late teens and he was near 30.

Cable, 79, is being sued for damages in the District Court of Western Australia and is set to face a civil trial beginning this week. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: ...

He had an illustrious playing career in the WAFL and VFL and went on to coach in both leagues. Stream them all for free on An order preventing Cable from being identified in relation to the allegations has been overturned ahead of the trial.

The WA football identity can finally be named as the sporting personality being sued by a woman who claims he persistently sexually abused her over decades ...

[For full details on this story visit The West Australian.](https://thewest.com.au/news/court-justice/barry-cable-wa-footy-icon-named-in-shock-sexual-abuse-allegations-aired-in-civil-court-action-c-9611579) [The West Australian first revealed](https://thewest.com.au/news/court-justice/barry-cable-wa-footy-icon-named-in-shock-sexual-abuse-allegations-aired-in-civil-court-action-c-9611579) the civil action was in motion through the WA [courts](https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/court-justice), Mr Cable, 79, can now be identified as the subject of the claim for a raft of damages for psychiatric harm.

The 79-year old, who is accused of sexually abusing a teenager, denies all allegations and is not facing criminal charges.

In court documents the woman alleged Cable sexually abused her several decades ago, when she was 12. One of football’s most decorated players, Narrogin-born Cable was in 2012 elevated to legend status in the Australian Football Hall of Fame. She claimed in court documents she was abused over a five-year period and suffered psychiatric harm.

A Perth woman alleges Cable sexually abused her between 1968, when she was aged 12, and 1973.

One of football's most decorated players, Narrogin-born Cable was in 2012 elevated to legend status in the Australian Football Hall of Fame. She claims she suffered psychiatric harm as a result of sexual behaviour and harassment by Cable which she alleges continued until she was in her mid-30s. An order preventing Cable from being identified in relation to the allegations has been overturned ahead of the trial.

Indigenous football figure Barry Cable is being sued over allegations he sexually abused a Perth teenager in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Mr Cable had tried unsuccessfully several times to have the case thrown out of court, including a challenge in the WA Court of Appeal, the ABC reports. The district court has been told that Mr Cable has no funds available to pay damages in the event of them being ultimately awarded by the court. His identity had been suppressed in the lead up to a civil trial which is intended to last five days, commencing Wednesday, but District Court judge Mark Herron ruled Tuesday that Mr Cable can be named.

Australian Rules great Barry Cable is being sued over allegations he sexually abused a Perth teenager at the height of his playing career.

The woman, who cannot be named, commenced proceedings in 2019 and claims that between 1968 - when she was aged 12 - until 1973 she was sexually abused by Mr Cable. Mr Cable, 79, has denied the allegations and has never been charged by police. An AFL legend is being sued over allegations he sexually abused a teenager in the 1960s and 1970s, it can be revealed after a court order was lifted.

Mr Cable denies the allegations and says they had a three-year "consensual sexual relationship". The details are included in court documents provided to the ABC ...

Mr Cable is not taking part in the trial and is not represented by a lawyer, but he has filed a defence in which he states he had a three-year "consensual sexual relationship" with the woman around 1983. The initial abuse is alleged to have happened while the girl was aged between about 12 and 17, but the woman also says the sexual behaviour and harassment continued after she turned 18, including when she says Mr Cable employed her as his private nurse after he injured his leg in 1979 in a tractor accident. In her statement of claim, the woman alleges the sexual abuse started in the late 1960s when she was a teenager and her family and Mr Cable's family lived in the same neighbourhood.

Allegations that legendary Australian Rules footballer Barry Cable repeatedly sexually abused a Perth girl while at the height of his playing career are set ...

In 2005, he was named by the AFL as a player and coach in the Indigenous team of the century. One of football’s most decorated players, Narrogin-born Cable was in 2012 elevated to legend status in the Australian Football Hall of Fame. She claims she suffered psychiatric harm as a result of sexual behaviour and harassment by Cable which she alleges continued until she was in her mid-30s.

Barry Cable's legacy as one of the godfathers of Australian Rules Football is in danger of being tarnished...

* Indigenous Team of the Century (rover) * Inducted into Australian Football Hall of Fame (upgraded to Legend) * North Melbourne Team of the Century (rover) * Perth Team of the Century He was also named in Perth's team of the century and the Indigenous team of the century. Cable was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996 and was elevated to "Legend" status in 2012.

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 ...

Mr Cable is not represented by a lawyer and has informed the court he does not intend to take any part in the trial. The woman's case centres on allegations Mr Cable sexually abused her as a teenager in the late 1960's and early 70s when he was in his twenties and in the prime of his football career. Lawyers for a woman who alleges she was sexually abused by football champion Barry Cable say they intend to call evidence from another woman who also claims she was abused by the now 79-year-old in the 1980s and 90s.