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Bulldogs $6m abuse payout slashed, but verdict upheld

A man abused by a Bulldogs volunteer as a child has had his almost-$6 million payout from the AFL club more than halved, but his lawyers say it is still a win.

Bulldogs attack big payout to sleazy volunteer's victim

Bulldogs attack big payout to sleazy volunteer's victim

The Bulldogs say a $5.9 million payout to a child sex abuse survivor is manifestly excessive as they try to overturn a jury's negligence verdict against them.

Legal system 'earthquake' as AFL club to pay out $6m

Legal system 'earthquake' as AFL club to pay out $6m

A jury has awarded a child abuse survivor almost $6 million, finding the AFL's Western Bulldogs were negligent in giving a pedophile special access to the boy.

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Former footy club president denies knowing about abuse

Peter Gordon has claimed he was never told a former Footscray Football Club volunteer abused a 12-year-old boy at the club's oval.

Baby prompted abused boy to turn in football fundraiser

Adam Kneale has told a court how Graeme Hobbs sexually abused him for years before his daughter's birth prompted him to go to police.

Footy club 'should have known' about brutal abuse

Lawyers for a man suing the Western Bulldogs over the abuse he experienced at the hands of a pedophile claim the club ought to have known about it.

Notorious paedophile John Coogan infiltrated Footscray Football Club in the 1970s

Two men tell the ABC that John Coogan took them on trips to Western Oval in the 1970s when they were 12 years old as a part of his grooming process. Warning: This story contains details that may be distressing to some readers.

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Bulldogs hit with sexual abuse lawsuit

Bulldogs hit with sexual abuse lawsuit

The Western Bulldogs AFL club has been named in a lawsuit, potentially worth millions, over the sexual abuse of a little league member at Whitten Oval.

Child sexual abuse survivor Adam Kneale sues AFL club Western Bulldogs for damages

Child sexual abuse survivor Adam Kneale sues AFL club Western Bulldogs for damages

Following revelations of child sexual abuse at the Western Bulldogs, Adam Kneale has become the first known person to sue an AFL club for damages.

After so many revelations, sporting organisations need to look deeply at their histories with child sexual abuse

After so many revelations, sporting organisations need to look deeply at their histories with child sexual abuse

As survivors continue to come forward to tell their stories, it is surely time that major sporting institutions perform their own, unsparing investigations into historical child sexual abuse, writes Russell Jackson.

AFL club Western Bulldogs rocked by historical child sexual abuse scandal

AFL club Western Bulldogs rocked by historical child sexual abuse scandal

Western Bulldogs chief executive Ameet Bains says the AFL club is "shocked and dismayed" by revelations the club was the scene of horrific child sexual abuse for much of the 1980s.

Adam Kneale was like any footy-loving boy of the 80s until a trip to Footscray’s Western Oval turned his innocent life into a nightmare

Adam Kneale was like any footy-loving boy of the 80s until a trip to Footscray’s Western Oval turned his innocent life into a nightmare

When Adam Kneale was offered a chance to help out around the Footscray Football Club as an 11-year-old, he thought he was realising every kids' dream. Instead, he faced unimaginable trauma. WARNING: This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual abuse.

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