The woman who alleges she was abused as a child by Barry Cable told court on day two of a civil trial that he admitted to the abuse when confronted by her mother.

Mr Cable is being sued for more than $1million in damages over alleged abuse said to have occurred in the late 1960s and early 1970s, beginning when the plaintiff was aged 12 and while he was at the peak of his playing career in the WAFL and VFL.

The woman said she did not tell her parents about the alleged abuse until 1994, after which her mother confronted Mr Cable.

Her mother will be testifying in coming days at the trial in Perth's District Court before Judge Mark Herron.

The woman also alleged she saw Mr Cable inappropriately touch another girl who also babysat his children.

Over the course of the five-day trial the court is expected to hear evidence from a second woman, whose identity is also suppressed, that she experienced similar abuse by Mr Cable.

Mr Cable has not been charged by police and denies the allegations.

In December the court was advised he would not be attending or be represented at the trial, which began on Wednesday.

The court has also been told that Mr Cable, who declared bankruptcy days before the trial commenced, did not have the funds to pay damages.

The woman who raised the allegations spent Wednesday and Thursday in the witness stand detailing years of interactions with the footballer which alleged began with inappropriate conversations and led to molestation and sexual assault.

"I would stay to babysit the children. Mrs Cable would go to bed early and I would be left with him. If I wanted to go to bed, I would be told I would be going later," she told the court on day two of the trial.

She alleged she saw Mr Cable inappropriately touch an older girl from Melbourne who had babysat for the family while he played in the VFL in 1970 and had moved to Perth with the family.

She alleged that she was molested by Mr Cable whenever she babysat at his home, and also that he sexually assaulted her at a public swimming pool where he worked and in the change rooms of his WAFL club at the time, Perth.

The woman said she traumatised by the alleged abuse, suffered from depression and eating disorders and also self-harmed. She said the toll from the alleged abuse had a detrimental impact on every aspect of her life, undermining her interpersonal relationships, her education and her career.

The allegations have led News Corp senior football writer Mark Robinson to call for the AFL to immediately release a statement announcing Mr Cable has been banned from attending all AFL matches, functions and engagements, and that his "legend" status in the Australian Football Hall of Fame has been suspended until further notice.

"That's two allegations – repeat they are allegations – but how many allegations does the AFL need before it takes action… A third allegation. Or fourth? One should be enough," he wrote.

Mr Cable was also named as a coach and player in the Indigenous team of the Century in 2005 and is a member of the WAFL Hall of Fame.