Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
19%
4 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
The Guardian's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
3
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
The mother of the youngest alleged victim of Alan Jones continued to seek advice from the broadcaster after the teenager was allegedly indecently assaulted at Jones’s Fitzroy Falls farm, a Sydney court has heard.
uncertain
court → continue → farm
The divorced mother told the Downing Centre court she had developed a pattern of not trusting herself and she continued her correspondence with Jones because: “I knew he knew about everything; he had an opinion about everything.
asserted
he → tell → everything
“I was in a web of dependency with Mr Jones,” the witness said on her last day in the witness box on Friday.
asserted
witness → say → Friday
She previously said she corresponded with Jones after he allegedly kissed the 17-year-old and put his tongue inside his mouth out of fear Jones would withdraw his financial support.
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Jones → say → support
During cross examination, defence barrister Claire O’Neill suggested the mother continued to correspond with Jones not because she was scared but because she wanted more money out of him.
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she → suggest → him
O’Neill asked: “You did not continue to communicate with Mr Jones because you were scared of his influence over your finances, did you?”
asserted
you → ask → finances
The witness replied: “I absolutely was.”
asserted
I → reply → ?
Her son, complainant A, is one of five men who allege Jones, 85, sexually touched or indecently assaulted them between 2003 and 2020.
asserted
Jones → allege → 2003
All five have now completed their evidence.
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five → complete → evidence
Jones has pleaded not guilty to 21 charges of indecent assault and sexual touching.
asserted
Jones → plead → assault
Under cross-examination by the defence, the witness agreed she wrote to Jones about her son’s late university application, a superannuation payment, outstanding legal fees and attaining a Sydney Cricket Ground membership for her son.
asserted
she → agree → son
She was shown an email in which she provided Jones with an update on her son’s university application.
asserted
she → show → application
The defence asked: “You wanted to lay the groundwork for having Mr Jones pay the [legal] bill?”
asserted
Jones → ask → bill
The mother said the suggestion was “absolute rubbish” and she was “proud of him” for finishing year 12 under difficult circumstances and wanted to convey that in the email.
asserted
she → say → email
She agreed she sent Jones information about the cost of repairs to her Land Rover but denied she was asking him to pay the bill.
“You have told lies in this court about why you continued to have contact with Jones?” O’Neill asked.
asserted
O’Neill → agree → Jones
The witness replied: “Absolutely disagree, that’s rubbish.”
asserted
that → reply → ?
O’Neill: “You were taking advantage of Mr Jones’s generosity for as long as you could?”
Witness: “Absolute rubbish.”
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you → take → generosity
When she was asked why she shared personal information with Jones about the deterioration of her relationship with her son she became emotional.
asserted
she → ask → son
“My son, who was a child, suffered trauma and didn’t share it with anyone and it had an effect on his relationship with me and a lot of other people.”
asserted
it → suffer → people
Asked by prosecutor Georgina Wright what that trauma was, she replied: “I was referring to what happened to him at Fitzroy Falls”.
asserted
what → ask → Falls
The trial continues.
asserted
trial → continue → ?
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