Barry Cable dumped from Sport Australia Hall of Fame after being found guilty of sexual abuse
Disgraced footy star Barry Cable is dumped from the Sport Australia Hall of Fame after being stricken from the AFL’s honors list for pleading guilty to five years of sexually assaulting a girl
Disgraced former footballer Barry Cable has been stripped of his Sport Australia Hall of Fame award after a judge found he had sexually assaulted a Perth girl at the height of his playing career.
The SAHOF released a statement on Monday confirming that Cable’s membership in the organization had been withdrawn, following a unanimous decision by the board.
“Inclusion in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame is reserved for the best of the best,” the SAHOF said in a statement.
“Those who have been initiated into this elite group have not only excelled in their chosen fields, but have also maintained the character traits of dignity, integrity, courage, modesty and pride.
“Cable’s actions are contrary to the values of the organization, as a result of which his SAHOF membership is immediately revoked.”
Barry Cable has been stripped of his Sport Australia Hall of Fame award
The former North Melbourne player was erased from the AFL Hall of Fame last month
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Late last month, the AFL commission stripped Cable of his award in the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
North Melbourne, the club Cable played for and coached for, also erased him from their Hall of Fame books.
That came just days after the Western Australian Institute of Sport confirmed they had removed Cable’s WA Hall of Champions Honours.
The West Australian Football Commission followed WAIS hours later by revoking Cable’s Hall of Fame membership, including his Legend status.
The fallout comes after a civil trial in Perth in which judge Mark Herron found that Cable had repeatedly abused his victim for five years from 1968.
The abuse started when the girl was 12 or 13 years old.
Judge Herron also said compelling evidence had been put forward at the civil trial that Cable had violated other children.
Cable, who has repeatedly tried to have the lawsuit permanently dropped and did not attend the trial, has denied the abuse.
He has not been charged with any criminal offences.
His victim is not expecting any compensation from now-bankrupt Cable, despite being awarded $818,700.
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