AFL great Nicky Winmar will fight allegations that he assaulted and intentionally choked a woman.
The former St Kilda star, 60, appeared remotely during a brief hearing in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday morning.
Former AFL player Nicky Winmar outside the Melbourne Magistrates Court in August 2025. Credit: AAP
Winmar, whose legal first name is Neil, was in July charged with committing two assaults and intentionally choking, “strangling or suffocating” a woman.
All three incidents allegedly occurred in Melbourne on July 18, 2025, charge sheets state.
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Prosecutors previously indicated they were seeking to join the case with separate charges that 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, told the court on Tuesday that prosecutors were no longer seeking to have the two cases heard together.
