AFL great Winmar to fight serious assault allegations
Nicky Winmar will contest "serious" allegations he assaulted and intentionally choked a woman. Photo: James Ross/AAP PHOTOS
AFL great Nicky Winmar will fight allegations he assaulted and intentionally choked a woman.
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The former St Kilda star, 60, appeared remotely during a brief hearing in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday morning.
Winmar, whose legal first name is Neil, was in July charged with committing two assaults and intentionally choking, "strangling or suffocating" a woman.
Prosecutors are no longer seeking to have Nicky Winmar's separate court cases heard together. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)
The three incidents all allegedly happened in Melbourne on July 18, 2025, charge sheets state.
Prosecutors previously indicated they were seeking to join the case with separate charges Winmar is facing in Kerang.
It's alleged Winmar twisted a woman's arm and dragged her by the hair in Cohuna, northwest of Echuca, on May 14, 2025.
It's unclear from the redacted charge sheets whether there is one alleged victim or multiple alleged victims across the two incidents.
Winmar's barrister Dermot Dann KC on Tuesday told the court prosecutors were no longer seeking to have the two cases heard together.
The AFL great remains on bail and is due to face a regional court on January 29. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)
Instead, the two sets of charges will be dealt with separately in Melbourne and Kerang.
Mr Dann said the Melbourne charges could not be resolved and Winmar was seeking to fight the "serious" allegations in a contested hearing.
The barrister indicated the facts of the case were disputed.
Magistrate Kieran Gilligan adjourned the case to a one-day hearing at Melbourne Magistrates Court on August 11.
Winmar, who did not speak during the brief hearing, had his bail extended to that date.
Nicky Winmar is co-leading a landmark racism class action against the AFL. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)
He is separately due to face Kerang Magistrates Court on January 29 over the Cohuna offending.
Winmar became the first Aboriginal footballer to play 200 games in the league, finishing his career with 230 games at St Kilda and 21 for the Western Bulldogs.
He fought back against a number of acts of racism throughout his career, including famously standing in front of a Collingwood crowd abusing him in 1993, lifting his jumper and proudly pointing at his skin.
Winmar is co-leading a landmark racism class action against the AFL in the Victorian Supreme Court.
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