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Ms Quinn also extended by three months an apprehended violence order (AVO) banning Stewart from approaching or contacting the teenager.
Captain Matt Orford says the four-match ban for being drunk in public has "stung" Stewart, adding: "He'll be itching to get out there and do what he does best - score some tries."
The dumped face of rugby league looked taut and drawn when he appeared for the first time in Manly local court on Tuesday.
His case has been adjourned until May 26 to the Downing Centre local court, the same central Sydney court that recently handed down a suspended jail sentence to swimmer Nick D'Arcy.
The reigning NRL and world champions sit at the bottom of the table after suffering four defeats during his NRL-enforced,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, month-long absence.
Stewart will make his return to the football field this Sunday at Brookvale against Wests Tigers,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, and how his club needs him.
Wearing a dark suit and striped tie,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, Stewart entered the court after emerging from a silver BMW with his lawyer and making a speedy line-break through a thick media scrum.
Manly has selected Stewart to play this week,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, with coach Des Hasler and chief executive Grant Mayer both insisting Stewart is definitely "okay in the mind" to take the field on Sunday.
Stewart pleads not guilty to sex charges
He is also charged with assault with an act of indecency,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, namely that he "forced his tongue into her mouth".
Brett Stewart will make his first appearance for troubled NRL premiers Manly this weekend after facing court on sexual assault charges he plans to fight.
Magistrate Margaret Quinn continued Stewart's bail and excused him from appearing in May if he was legally represented.
His not guilty pleas were delivered by his lawyer as the 24-year-old Manly star sat quietly in court.
D'Arcy's assault case took a year, despite the swimmer's guilty plea.
He was inside the brown-brick Manly courthouse for an hour, though his hearing was over in a few minutes.
He is charged with having sexual intercourse without the consent of the teenager between 7.45pm and 8.05pm on March 6 at North Manly.
Stewart did not speak.
He made no comment as he left the court, head down through the media throng and back to his waiting car.
Stewart has pleaded not guilty to offences relating to a 17-year-old girl allegedly committed after a booze-fuelled season launch last month.