Alan Jones charged with allegedly sexually assaulting eight people

Controversial radio broadcaster and former Wallabies coach Alan Jones has been charged with the sexual assault of eight people over two decades.

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00:00About 7.45am this morning, detectives from the Child Abuse Squad executed a search warrant

00:07at a unit in Circular Quay, where they arrested an A3 Ryan male.

00:13That male was later taken to the Sydney City Police Station, where he has been charged

00:19with 24 offences.

00:21Those offences include 11 charges of aggravated indecent assault, where the victim was under

00:28the authority of the offender, 9 charges related to assault with active indecency, 2 charges

00:37of common assault and 2 charges of sexual touching.

00:43Police will allege these offences took place between 2001 and 2019, involving 8 victims.

00:54The youngest of those victims was 17-year-old at the time when the alleged offence took place.

01:04The accused has been given conditional bail to appear before the Downing Centre Local

01:12Court on 18 December 2024.

01:19I wish to commend the investigators of Strike Force Bonnerdon for their tenacity and their

01:26hard work in bringing this matter before the courts.

01:30Historical matters such as this are incredibly hard to investigate and bring before the courts

01:37and I again congratulate them on their ongoing investigation that will continue to continue

01:44on.

01:47I wish to commend the victims and their bravery in coming forward.

01:53They fully are aware, as are the investigators, that the hard work has just begun and they

02:00have given their statements fully aware that they will go before the courts.