Bob Hewitt Rape Charges

Bob Hewitt had pleaded not guilty to the two charges of rape and one of sexual assault that were brought against him by three women in 2013.

A South African court Friday postponed to next month the sentencing of Australian-born former tennis Grand Slam champion Bob Hewitt.

Bob Hewitt, 75, had pleaded not guilty to the two charges of rape and one of indecent assault, which were brought against him by three women in 2013.

Bob Hewitt, a former doubles champion, whose wife has attended court with him, is facing two charges of rape and one of indecent assault during the 1980s and 1990s.

Prosecutors charged the multiple Grand Slam doubles champion with raping a girl under the age of 16 in 1981 in Sun City in northern South Africa. Hewitt also was charged with raping another girl under 16 in Boksburg, a city east of Johannesburg, in 1982.

Former South African tennis great Bob Hewitt has been accused of sexually molesting young girls during his heyday, with one of them filing a rape case against him at a police station here.

Bob Hewitt had pleaded not guilty to the two charges of rape and one of sexual assault that were brought against him by three women in 2013.

A South African court Friday postponed to next month the sentencing of Australian-born former tennis Grand Slam champion Bob Hewitt.

Bob Hewitt, 75, had pleaded not guilty to the two charges of rape and one of indecent assault, which were brought against him by three women in 2013.

Bob Hewitt, a former doubles champion, whose wife has attended court with him, is facing two charges of rape and one of indecent assault during the 1980s and 1990s.

Prosecutors charged the multiple Grand Slam doubles champion with raping a girl under the age of 16 in 1981 in Sun City in northern South Africa. Hewitt also was charged with raping another girl under 16 in Boksburg, a city east of Johannesburg, in 1982.

Former South African tennis great Bob Hewitt has been accused of sexually molesting young girls during his heyday, with one of them filing a rape case against him at a police station here.