Former TV presenter John Leslie has appeared in court charged with sexually assaulting a woman more than a decade ago.
The former Blue Peter and This Morning presenter, 54, is said to have committed the assault in Soho, central London, when the alleged victim was aged 30.
Leslie, from Edinburgh, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday charged with a single count of sexual assault on December 5 2008.
The charge relates to the alleged sexual touching of a woman in Greek Street.
Leslie elected to be tried by a jury at the crown court rather than at magistrates court, despite the offence being deemed appropriate to be decided by a district judge.
Prosecutor Jocelyn Ledward described the charge as "a simple allegation of a brief sexual touching over clothing".
District Judge Emma Arbuthnot listed the case for a plea and trial preparation hearing at Southwark Crown Court on August 22.
She granted Leslie unconditional bail until that date.
Leslie, real name John Leslie Stott, joined Blue Peter in 1989 and remained with the show until 1994.
In 1998 he took over from Bradley Walsh as the main presenter of game show Wheel Of Fortune, before joining This Morning a year later.
He was replaced on the morning show by Phillip Schofield in 2002.
Between 2012 and 2016, Leslie had short stints as a radio DJ in Scotland with Castle FM and Bauer Radio.
He appeared in the dock in a grey suit and striped tie.
