Alan Jones, an 85-year-old radio host, is on trial in New South Wales Local Court for allegedly indecently assaulting and sexually touching five male complainants between 2003 and 2020. One of the complainants, now an adult referred to as Complainant A, testified that Jones kissed him and touched his buttocks when he was 17 years old during a visit to Jones's farm in Southern Highlands. The trial uncovered extensive email exchanges between Jones and the boy over three years where Jones provided financial assistance totaling more than $100,000, including reducing a home loan debt by $600,000. Defense counsel questioned whether this support was sought deceptively to obtain further benefits.
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In the New South Wales Local Court, emails between radio personality Alan Jones and a now-adult man, referred to as Complainant A, were presented in court. The emails spanned three years during which time Complainant A was a 17-year-old boy. Mr Jones allegedly used his influence to assist the complainant's mother by negotiating a more favorable home loan that wiped off $600,000 from her initial debt. This financial assistance raised questions about potential deception, with prosecutor Ms Bashir suggesting to Complainant A: "Isn't it true that your intention was on obtaining as much financial assistance from Mr Jones as you possibly could?" Alan Jones faces 21 counts of indecent assault and sexual touching involving five male complainants between 2003 and 2020, with the specific allegations against Complainant A including kissing and inappropriate touching during a visit to Mr Jones's farm.
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Complainant A is giving evidence in the Alan Jones trial in the New South Wales Local Court on Thursday.
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The complainant, who is now an adult, is accusing Mr Jones of kissing him and touching his buttocks when he was a 17-year-old.
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The 85-year-old has pleaded not guilty to 21 counts of indecent assault and sexual touching related to five male complainants.
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A man accusing Alan Jones of kissing him when he was a 17-year-old schoolboy has denied he and his mother tried to deceive the veteran broadcaster to obtain as much financial assistance as possible before he came forward with his allegation.
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The now-adult, known as Complainant A, alleges Mr Jones kissed him, put his tongue in his mouth, and touched his buttocks when he visited the radio host at his farm on the Southern Highlands as a 17-year-old.
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The 85-year-old has pleaded not guilty to 21 counts of indecent assault and sexually touching relating to five male complainants between 2003 and 2020.
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Complainant A said he first reached out to Mr Jones when he was 13 years old, sending the 2GB host a letter asking for help with his family's serious financial struggles.
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Emails read to the court showed Mr Jones had extensive correspondences with the young boy over a three-year period and used his influence to help the boy's mother re-negotiate a more favourable home loan, which included $600,000 being wiped off her initial debt.
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The trial heard Mr Jones also provided more than $100,000 of his own money to help with the completion of the boy's family home and to help with their legal fees.
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Under cross-examination, defence barrister Gabrielle Bashir SC raised an email sent by Mr Jones to the boy, three years after they started communicating with each other, and a year before the alleged indecent assault occurred.
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The court heard Mr Jones informed the boy in the email about how he had provided his family more than $100,000 in support, writing "enough is enough" and "there must come a point where I have to say, no more".
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Complainant A said he believed Mr Jones's email expressed frustration but told Ms Bashir he did not believe the email meant the end of the broadcaster's financial support to him and his mother.
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"Isn't it that the case that your intention was on obtaining as much financial assistance from Mr Jones as you possibly could?" Ms Bashir suggested.
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"That is not true," the complainant replied.
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"It's the case that your mother had the intention of obtaining as much financial assistance from Mr Jones as she possibly could?" Ms Bashir asked.
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"That is a lie," the complainant said.
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The court heard the boy replied to the email, writing that his family was "happy to make arrangements to make repayments", with Mr Jones's reply asking about when a legal matter would end and that "he was not a mobile bank".
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Ms Bashir questioned the complainant about whether he had drafted specific emails to Mr Jones or whether his mother also had some level of involvement.
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Complainant A repeatedly told the court he could not remember who may have drafted specific sections of emails but said there was certain information contained in correspondence that he would have only been able to obtain from his mum.
"You were you trying to deceive Mr Jones about the author of the email when you sent emails signed off just from [your name] that your mother had input into?" Ms Bashir suggested.
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"No," the complainant replied.
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"I suggest that you were, what do you say to that?"
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Ms Bashir said
"[I say] that you're wrong," he answered.
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The trial heard Mr Jones and the boy met in person on several occasions, including at his Circular Quay apartment, at the boy's home and alone at a pub.
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It is alleged that after many invitations over several years, the boy agreed to spend two nights at Mr Jones's Fitzroy Fall's property when he was 17 years old.
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Complainant A said the alleged indecent assault occurred on the second day at the property and that it left him feeling "violated".
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The court heard, the boy later wrote a letter to his mother saying, "something happened at Fitzroy Falls" and took his allegation to police the next year.
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The judge-alone trial continues.
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