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    Home - Australia - Former Australia rugby coach denies indecent assault charges
    Australia Updated:December 18, 2024

    Former Australia rugby coach denies indecent assault charges

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    Former Australia rugby coach denies indecent assault charges

    Former Australian national rugby coach Alan Jones denied all allegations after he appeared in court on Wednesday charged with multiple sex crimes against 10 males over two decades.

    The retired Sydney radio broadcaster, 83, made his first court appearance in Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court following his arrest last month.

    Jones was not asked to enter pleas to the 34 charges of aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault, sexually touching without consent and common assault.

    But he told media outside the court he would fight all charges in a jury trial.

    I have never indecently assaulted these people. I am emphatic that I’ll be defending every charge.

    “I am certainly not guilty and I’ll be presenting my account to a jury,” he said. “These allegations are all either baseless or they distort the truth.”

    He added: “I have never indecently assaulted these people. I am emphatic that I’ll be defending every charge.”

    Two more alleged victims have come forward since police charged Jones on November 18 with 24 offences relating to eight complainants aged as young as 17.

    Police alleged the offences were committed from 2001 until 2019.

    Jones hosted a popular Sydney morning radio show from 2002 until he retired in 2020. He was regarded as one of the most powerful people in Australian media.

    He was also a successful coach of the Australian national rugby team, the Wallabies, for four years from early 1984. The team won 86 of their 102 matches under his leadership.

    Jones was also influential in conservative politics and was a speech writer for prime minister Malcolm Fraser, who was in power from 1975 until 1983. Mr Fraser died in 2015.

    On Wednesday, defence lawyer Bryan Wrench told Judge Michael Allen that Jones would welcome a jury trial in the New South Wales state District Court to clear his name.

    “There have been many… untruths published by the media and the police in this matter,” Mr Wrench said.

    Jones has been free on bail since his arrest. He will not be required to appear in court for a brief administrative hearing on March 11 next year.

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