Alan Jones faces trial on 22 assault charges spanning 17 years

Six men allege indecent assault and sexual touching by Jones over 17 years; one witness describes psychological impact including fear of losing professional opportunities.

Alan Jones, the 85-year-old broadcaster whose voice shaped Australian public life for decades, now faces a different kind of reckoning — 22 criminal charges brought by six men, alleging indecent assault and sexual touching across 17 years. The trial, which opened in a New South Wales courtroom this week, asks whether the same influence that made Jones a household name was also used to exploit those who depended on his favour. It is a question courts have increasingly been asked to answer about powerful men, and the process of answering it, however long, has now formally begun.

Alan Jones faces trial on 22 assault charges spanning 17 years

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