Exclusive: The brother of late and disgraced former swimming coach Dick Caine has been charged with his own, unrelated alleged child abuse offences.
Brian Kearny, who doesn’t share the same surname or profile as his older brother, appeared before a magistrate today, appearing surprised to see 9News cameras at Newcastle Local Court.
The 73-year-old is a younger sibling to Richard Kearny, better known as Dick Caine.
Caine was a once famed swimming coach, who a court recently found raped and abused six young female athletes at Carrs Park and Cronulla pools up to five decades ago.
The 78-year-old died in disgrace last month, after a more than two-year battle with cancer.
Unconnected allegations have now been made against Kearny, who is facing eight charges, including stalking and intimidation, sexually touching a child between 10 and 16, as well as indecent and common assault.
The alleged incidents took place in the NSW Hunter region between 2012 and last year.
Today, Kearny declined to answer questions about the charges or about his brother’s passing.
He is yet to enter pleas and the case will return to court next month.