The star, who plays car mechanic Kevin Webster in the ITV soap, is facing 12 charges in all - five counts of rape, three of indecent assault, two counts of sexual activity with a child and two of causing a child to engage in sexual activity.
There are calls for a change in the law to stop the naming of people accused of sex offences in the light of the Michael Le Vell case.
The Coronation Street actor was cleared yesterday of a number of child sex offences including five of rape.
But now there's increasing pressure for those facing such charges to be granted anonymity until such time as their case has been decided.
A jury has found actor Michael Le Vell innocent of a string of sex charges
A girl who claims Coronation Street star Michael Le Vell raped her was today accused of telling a "little lie" to police.