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At a closed court hearing, Alan Jones corresponded over three years with a 13-year-old boy who had sought financial help from him through a letter. During this period, Jones frequently praised the teenager and offered to assist his struggling family financially while asking the boy to keep some details secret from his mother. The interaction included in-person meetings at Jones's apartment and visits by Jones to the boy’s home. Jones faces 21 charges of indecent assault and sexual touching; the prosecution alleges that he kissed and touched the teenager during a visit to his farm when the boy was 17 years old.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-06,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
In the ongoing trial of former Sydney radio host Alan Jones, who has pleaded not guilty to 21 charges of indecent assault and sexual touching spanning from 2003 to 2020, new evidence revealed that Jones had a long-standing relationship with a 14-year-old boy. The court heard how the teenager initially contacted Jones when he was just 13 years old, after his family faced financial difficulties following his father's departure and a family member's death. In response to the boy’s letter, Jones praised him as "sophisticated" and "articulate," offering help while suggesting some confidentiality about their discussions with the teen's mother. Over three years, Jones maintained contact through emails, texts, and phone calls, inviting the teenager to his home in Fitzroy Falls and taking him out for lunch alone at a pub. The fifth and final complainant is one of five men who allege that Jones sexually touched them during this period, with the trial now entering its third month.
Written for “Alan Jones Text Message Scandal” on 2026-10-06,
grounded in this article and the 1 other(s) covering the same event.
Alan Jones corresponded extensively with a 13-year-old who had written to him asking for financial help, showering the teenager with praise and asking him to keep some secrets from his mother.
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who → correspond → mother
The teenager, known as complainant A, posted a letter to Jones after his father left, a family member died and his single mother was struggling financially, the court heard on the first day of evidence given by complainant A in a closed court.
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court → know → court
The fifth and final complainant is one of five men who allege Jones sexually touched them between 2003 and 2020.
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Jones → allege → 2003
Jones, who has pleaded not guilty to 21 charges of indecent assault and sexual touching, replied that the young correspondent was a “sophisticated, articulate 13-year-old” who was experiencing “terrible circumstances”.
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who → plead → circumstances
The 2GB broadcaster offered to help the family and over three years continued contact with the son over email, texts and phone calls.
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broadcaster → offer → email
Jones also visited the family at home and on one occasion drove to the house but asked the teenager to come outside to meet him and did not go inside.
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Jones → visit → him
He took the teenager to lunch alone at a pub and had him visit him at his Circular Quay apartment twice.
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him → take → apartment
He told the court the butler, David Allan, made him a hot breakfast on one occasion.
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butler → tell → occasion
During their lengthy correspondence Jones asked for specific details of his mother’s financial distress with housing, employment and superannuation.
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Jones → ask → housing
“I pioneered the expression ‘Struggle Street’ and I know that’s where you and your mother live,” Jones said in one of the hundreds of emails read out in the Downing Centre court on Tuesday.
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Jones → pioneer → Tuesday
Jones signed off his emails: “Lots of love and best wishes, Alan Jones AO,” adding phrases such as “You’re always in my thoughts” and “You are a wonderful young man”.
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You → sign → thoughts
Jones asked the teenager on several occasions to keep certain details from his mother, suggesting that she was shouldering enough worry as it was.
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it → ask → worry
On one occasion he disclosed to the then-16-year-old that he had just signed a cheque for $86,000 for building work to his mother’s home and added: “That’s just between you and me.”
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That → disclose → you
Complainant A told the court he assured Jones that he was keeping certain conversations confidential, but in reality he would always tell his mother.
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he → tell → mother
After offering to pay for a lawyer to assist the family, Jones wrote to say that the bill was $5,500 and there were limits to his generosity and he “can’t be an endless dripping tap”.
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he → offer → generosity
Jones wrote that “lawyers keep the meter running” and “I am not a mobile bank but I am here to help”.
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I → write → ?
When the teenager suggested he and his mother start paying him back, Jones responded: “I don’t expect any of it back.”
uncertain
I → suggest → it
In opening statements, prosecutor Georgina Wright told the court that Jones invited the then 17-year-old complainant A to visit his farm in Fitzroy Falls in the New South Wales Southern Highlands where he allegedly kissed him on the mouth and touched him on the bottom.
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he → open → bottom
The trial before judge Glenn Walsh continues.
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trial → continue → Walsh
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