Disgraced AFL great Barry Cable has been ordered by a court to pay more than $800,000 after he sexually abused an underage girl in Western Australia.
The former North Melbourne star appeared before Perth District Court on Friday on civil allegations he assaulted a teenager during the 1960-70s.
The woman, now aged in her 60s, was seeking $1 million in damages from the 79-year-old former Perth football club player and coach, including loss of income.
The allegations were subject to a police investigation in 1998; however, Cable has never been criminally charged and has denied the allegations.
On Friday, Judge Mark Edward Herron found in a civil judgment Cable had sexually abused the woman, beginning when she was aged 13.
The abuse started in la…
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