A court in South Africa postponed the rape and sexual assault case against former Grand Slam doubles champion Bob Hewitt until May 9 after prosecutors mislaid paperwork, Hewitt's lawyer said on Friday. Lawyer Alwyn Griebenow told The Associated Press that prosecutors would have to reapply for the charges of rape and indecent assault against Hewitt to be centralized so they can be heard in the same court. The 73-year-old Hewitt, who was suspended from tennis' international hall of fame in 2012 over the allegations, is accused of two counts of rape and one count of indecent assault of underage girls he coached in the 1980s and 1990s.
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