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A star Australian broadcaster and former Wallabies coach fronted court on Monday to face trial on a raft of sexual assault accusations.
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Alan Jones faced a local court in Sydney for the opening day of a trial that will examine allegations he indecently assaulted six young men across a stretch of almost 20 years.
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The 85-year-old is a household name across Australia and held immense sway through his conservative radio talk show.
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He was arrested at his luxury Sydney apartment in 2024 and now faces 20 charges of indecent assault and two of sexually touching without consent, court records showed.
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The alleged offences took place between 2003 and 2020, local media reported.
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Jones has strongly denied the charges, saying he was “certainly not guilty.”
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“These allegations are all either baseless or they distort the truth,” he has said.
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Jones was a speechwriter for an Australian prime minister and taught at one of the country’s most prestigious schools.
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He coached the Wallabies — the Australian men’s rugby union team — for four years from 1984, guiding them to a rare northern hemisphere “Grand Slam” over England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland.
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His feats as a coach and administrator earned him a place in Australia’s sports hall of fame, where he was inducted in 1989.
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But it was Jones’s subsequent career as a radio talkback host that cemented his influence in Australian public life.
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At the height of his powers, politicians from both sides would scramble to stay friendly with right-leaning Jones and his hit radio show.
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