Alan Jones hit with 24 charges of indecent assault
Alan Jones has been changed over allegations of indecent assault and sexual touching offences.
The former radio host is accused of 24 offences against eight victims, with the youngest aged 17 at the time the alleged crime took place.
The charges include 11 counts of aggravated indecent assault where the alleged victim was under his authority, nine counts of indecent assault, two of unwanted sexual touching and two common assault charges.
NSW Police announced they had charged Jones, 83, on Monday following an investigation into claims spanning two decades.
The months-long investigation into the allegations culminated on Monday morning when Jones was arrested in his Circular Quay home and taken to the police station, where officers made a statement on his arrest.
“In March 2024, State Crime Command’s Child Abuse Squad established Strike Force Bonnefin to investigate a number of alleged indecent assaults and sexual touching incidents between 2001 and 2019,” police said in a statement.
“Following extensive inquiries, about 7.45am (Monday), strike force detectives executed a search warrant at a unit in Circular Quay where they arrested an 83-year-old man.”
NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Michael Fitzgerald said the work of the task force was still ongoing.
"We believe that we will have more people coming forward with information," Mr Fitzgerald said on Monday.
"(Investigators) are currently talking to people, and will continue talking to people," he said.
“We will allege the accused knew some of them personally, some of them professionally, and we will also allege that some of the victims when the alleged offence took place, was the first time they ever met the accused,” the Assistant Commissioner added.
Jones was granted conditional bail and disputes the allegations against him, his representative said, with his lawyer Christopher Murphy saying, “Alan Jones will assert his innocence appropriately in the courtroom. He denies any misconduct.”
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