前澳式足球联盟（AFL）明星尼基·温马尔现年60岁，因2025年5月在维多利亚州库胡纳对一名女性实施暴力而于7月被判有罪[1]。该事件涉及多项严重行为，包括抓扯、拽拉头发、推撞墙壁、吐口水以及反复将受害者头部撞向门[1]。温马尔被判犯有两项普通法人身伤害罪和一项非法人身伤害罪[1]。
在周四举行的量刑前听证会上，受害者讲述了持久的心理创伤对其生活的深远影响[1]。她表示："我有些日子感到自己一文不值，信心完全消散"和"我感到无处安全"[1]。控方要求对温马尔处以监禁，而其律师辩称应处以社区矫正令，并以他被逐出AFL名人堂和雕像被拆除作为已受惩罚的证据[1]。其律师指出："没有人等他是否想上诉——他们直接就把它移除了"[1]。温马尔的雕像已从珀斯奥普图斯体育场移除[1]。
量刑听证会定于8月28日举行[1]。法官崔慧仁已下令在判刑前进行矫正评估[1]。此外，温马尔在过去12个月内已戒酒，并正在接受心理咨询[1]。
Former AFL star Nicky Winmar, 60, was convicted in July of assaulting a woman during an incident in May 2025 at Cohuna in northern Victoria [1]. The assault involved grabbing, dragging the victim by hair, pushing her against a wall, spitting, and repeatedly bashing her head into a door [1]. At a pre-sentence hearing on Thursday, the victim detailed the lasting psychological impact of the attack, stating: "I have days where I feel so worthless and my confidence is non-existent" and "I don't feel safe anywhere" [1].
Winmar was convicted of two counts of common law assault and one charge of unlawful assault [1]. During the hearing, prosecutors sought a custodial sentence, while Winmar's lawyer argued for a community corrections order, pointing to the consequences already imposed on the former player [1]. Winmar was removed from the AFL Hall of Fame and his statue was taken down from Optus Stadium in Perth, with his barrister noting: "No one was waiting to see if he wanted to appeal – they just removed it" [1].
Magistrate Trieu Huynh ordered a corrections assessment before determining the sentence, with the hearing scheduled for August 28 [1]. In mitigation, the court heard that Winmar has abstained from alcohol for the past 12 months and is currently seeing a psychologist [1].