by Booney » Fri Apr 12, 2024 3:27 pm
Footy legend Carl Ditterich has been charged with historic child sex offences.
The 78-year-old former St Kilda and Melbourne Football Club player is facing multiple charges including three counts of indecent assault and one count of gross indecency in the presence of a child under the age of 16.
It’s alleged Mr Ditterich assaulted the child in Heatherton, south-east of Melbourne, in 1985.
At this time, Mr Ditterich — known during his playing days as the ‘Blonde Bombshell’ — had recently finished his professional sporting career and was aged in his early 40s.
The charges were laid against the footy great by the Bayside Sexual Offences and Child-abuse Investigation Team (SOCIT) last Friday.
Mr Ditterich, from Echuca, has hired renowned criminal defence lawyer Tony Hargreaves to represent him.
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