{"id":127337,"date":"2024-11-18T17:47:55","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T10:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127337"},"modified":"2024-11-18T17:47:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T10:47:55","slug":"alan-jones-australian-former-radio-host-arrested-on-sexual-abuse-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127337","title":{"rendered":"Alan Jones, Australian Former Radio Host, Arrested on Sexual Abuse Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Alan Jones, a retired controversial Australian talk radio host, was arrested on Monday in Sydney and charged with nearly two dozen counts of sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Jones, 83, has faced accusations of abuse in the past and has denied them. On Monday, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.police.nsw.gov.au\/news\/news_article?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGZWJpenByZC5wb2xpY2UubnN3Lmdvdi5hdSUyRm1lZGlhJTJGMTE1MjE3Lmh0bWwmYWxsPTE%3D\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the New South Wales police said<\/a> that he had abused eight people between 2001 and 2019, the youngest of whom was 17 at the time of the abuse. He faces charges including aggravated indecent assault and sexually touching another person without consent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He was granted bail and is due in court on Dec. 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Jones was once one of Australia\u2019s most influential talk radio personalities, hosting a morning show on <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.2gb.com\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">2GB<\/a>, a Sydney station, from 2002 through 2020. He started out as a schoolteacher before moving to radio, and along the way wrote speeches for Malcolm Fraser, a former prime minister. In the 1980s, Mr. Jones coached the Wallabies, the national men\u2019s rugby union team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Last December, The Sydney Morning Herald <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/national\/nsw\/classic-abuse-of-power-more-men-come-forward-with-claims-about-alan-jones-behaviour-20231217-p5es03.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">published an article<\/a> in which multiple men accused Mr. Jones of sexual abuse. The police said they had started a new investigation after the publication of the article. Mr. Jones, the authorities said, knew the accusers<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span>either personally or professionally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"> Kate McClymont, who wrote the Herald article, said in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/national\/kate-mcclymont-speaks-about-alan-jones-arrest-20241118-p5kriv.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a broadcast interview<\/a> on Monday that it could not be emphasized enough \u201chow powerful Alan Jones has been in the media industry in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a news conference, the state police commissioner, Karen Webb, urged other potential victims to come forward. She described the investigation, which started in March, as complex and protracted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While he was on air, Mr. Jones made a number of attacks and disparaging comments. In 2019, he said that Scott Morrison, the Australian prime minister at the time, should \u201cshove a sock\u201d down the throat of Jacinda Ardern, Mr. Morrison\u2019s counterpart in New Zealand. Mr. Jones later <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3zLT2Ewf5go\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">apologized<\/a>. Earlier, he hurled multiple <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2012\/oct\/01\/alan-jones-apology-julia-gillard\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">insults at Julia Gillard<\/a>, who was Australia\u2019s prime minister between 2010 and 2013.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Days before <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/12\/14\/world\/asia\/australian-police-move-to-control-ethnic-unrest.html\" title=\"\">ethnic unrest<\/a> erupted in a Sydney suburb in 2005, Mr. Jones referred to people of Lebanese descent as \u201cmongrels.\u201d A <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2012-10-03\/tribunal-rules-alan-jones-incited-hatred\/4292052\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">state tribunal<\/a> later ruled that Mr. Jones had \u201cincited hatred, serious contempt and severe ridicule of Lebanese Muslims\u201d through his speech.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/18\/world\/australia\/alan-jones-sexual-abuse-charges.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alan Jones, a retired controversial Australian talk radio host, was arrested on Monday in Sydney and charged with nearly two dozen counts of sexual abuse. 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