Australian rules football champion will fight allegations he sexually assaulted an underage girl in the 1980s.
Ditterich, 78, appeared atMagistrates Court via video link on Friday after he was charged with three counts of indecent assault and one count of gross indecency.
Ditterich remained quiet this morning as his lawyer Tony Hargreaves told the court there would be six witnesses cross-examined during a two-day committal hearing in September.Ditterich's bail was extended to the September 17 hearing in Melbourne Magistrates Court. AFL chairman Richard Goyder said in April that the league would wait for Ditterich's court proceedings to conclude before making a decision on his Hall of Fame status.
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