Former global snooker champion Graeme Dott has been charged with ancient kid intercourse offences in opposition to a lady and boy.
The 47-year-old from Scotland is accused of abusing the woman within the Nineties – with the alleged offences starting when she used to be round 10 years outdated, courtroom papers display.
Dott is claimed to have instructed her to take away her clothes, uncovered his genitals to her and sexually assaulted her.
He faces a 2d fee of sexually abusing a boy between the mid-2000s and 2010, from when the kid used to be elderly round seven.
Dott, who received the 2006 International Championship identify, has been suspended by means of snooker’s governing frame, the International Skilled Billiards and Snooker Affiliation (WPBSA).
A remark at the WPBSA web site mentioned Dott were suspended “because of a case which is scheduled to be heard prior to the Top Court docket in Scotland”.
“While courtroom complaints are ongoing, it will be irrelevant for the WPBSA to make any more remark,” it added.
The case is due prior to the Top Court docket in Glasgow in June.
Dott defeated Peter Ebdon when he received his International Championship identify on the Crucible in Sheffield.
He additionally reached the overall in each 2004, when he used to be crushed by means of Ronnie O’Sullivan, and 2010, shedding out to Australian Neil Robertson.
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Having became skilled in 1994, Dott has been a normal at the International Snooker Excursion circuit.
This season has observed him collapse the ratings to out of doors the arena’s most sensible 50.
