The man, who played for Celtic Boys Club as a teenager, said he feared he would be kicked off the team.
A former Celtic Boys Club player said he was frightened to speak about alleged sexual assaults by founder Jim Torbett in case he was kicked off the team.
Mr Torbett, 75, is accused of abusing the boy when he was aged 13 to 14, between June 1967 and December 1968.Speaking at the High Court in Inverness, the alleged victim - now age 69 - claimed Mr Torbett sexually assaulted him at various locations in Glasgow, including a restaurant, a toy shop, at Mr Torbett's home and in a car.
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