Veteran Australian broadcaster Alan Jones was charged on Monday with two dozen offenses of sexual and indecent assault. The alleged crimes return some 20 years.
Jones was arrested at his house in Sydney on Monday morning by New South Wales police and brought to the police station, the place he was charged and remanded on bail to look in courtroom on Dec. 18.
He was charged with 11 counts of aggravated indecent assault, 9 counts of assault with act of indecency, two counts of sexually touching an individual with out consent and one other two counts of widespread assault.
“Allegations have been made, nothing has been examined, nothing has been confirmed,” Jones’ lawyer Chris Murphy stated outdoors the police station, in response to Australian media. “Alan Jones will assert his innocence appropriately within the courtroom.”
Police stated that Jones knew the eight alleged victims in several methods — some personally, others he employed — and that the youngest had been 17 years previous when the alleged assault occurred. The alleged incidents came about between 2001 and 2019.
New South Wales police assistant commissioner Michael Fitzgerald stated that media reporting had sparked the investigation into Jones by its little one abuse squad.
Jones, now 83, was additionally a profitable coach of Australia’s nationwide rugby union workforce, generally known as the Wallabies, from 1984 to 1987. He had a broadcasting profession that began in 1985 and ran for some 35 years. He had his debut as a information presenter on Sydney’s 2UE and joined Sky Information and breakfast radio 2GB in 2002. He held that position for 18 years, and in 2021 joined conservative streaming channel ADH TV the place he remained till final yr.
SBS Information reported that earlier than getting into the broadcasting discipline, Jones was additionally a speechwriter for former prime minister Malcolm Fraser and an English instructor on the King’s College in Sydney.
