A former Scotland international footballer who was accused of rape has been told to set aside £100,000 after his alleged victim launched a damages action against him.

The 30-year-old woman raised a claim against David Goodwillie and another footballer, David Robertson, alleging they attacked her in the early hours of January 2, 2011. Both men deny the allegations.

The Crown dropped criminal charges against Goodwillie in July 2011 before the case went to trial.

At a brief hearing at the Court of Session in Edinburgh on Wednesday, judge Lord Woolman was told lawyers acting for the woman value her claim at approximately £250,000.

He was told former Dundee United, Blackburn Rovers and Aberdeen striker Goodwillie, who is currently with Plymouth Argyle, is selling a property in Scotland.

The judge agreed to recall a previous legal measure granted against Goodwillie on the condition the sum of money is held on account or consigned to court.

The woman's counsel, Barry Divers, argued if the property was sold without safeguards in place, there was a possibility that the assets would be removed from the jurisdiction.

Lawyers acting for Goodwillie, 27, said his sale of the property would not threaten her claim if she succeeded.

Jonathan Nisbet, for Goodwillie, maintained "a substantial defence" had been put forward to the woman's claim. Robertson was not represented at Wednesday's hearing.

In the action, the woman said she had gone out to a bar in Bathgate, West Lothian, and was introduced to the players before she later went to a nightclub with a friend.

She maintains she was "visibly and obviously severely intoxicated" when she left and was offered a lift home in a taxi hailed by the footballers.

The woman says they asked the driver to drop all three of them at a flat in nearby Armadale where she claims she was raped.

She contends she later woke up naked and alone and could not remember what had happened since being in the pub the previous evening.

The action states: "At the time when sexual intercourse took place with each defender, the pursuer was incapable because of the effect of alcohol of giving free agreement."

It is also claimed neither of the men had "a reasonable belief" she was consenting.

Goodwillie accepts that he had sex with the woman but maintains it was consensual. Robertson also said he had sex with the woman but also maintains it was consensual. Both deny the woman was incapable

The woman claims she has suffered symptoms of depression, panic disorder, anxiety and eating disorder since the alleged incident. She also claims she had to leave her job.