{"id":650891,"date":"2026-05-05T10:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/650891\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T10:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:01:10","slug":"alan-jones-barrister-attacks-bad-sex-abuse-search-warrants-during-sexual-assault-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/650891\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Jones’ barrister attacks ‘bad’ sex-abuse search warrants during sexual assault investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police<\/a> stand accused of engaging in impropriety when raiding the home of former shock jock Alan Jones during a sexual assault investigation.Officers searched the 85-year-old’s Sydney<\/a> home in November 2024 after an eight-month investigation into reports of historical sexual abuse.On Tuesday, his lawyers told Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court<\/a> the NSW<\/a> Police should reveal which officers accessed or downloaded material from his phone and through intercepted calls, claiming the search warrants could be invalid.\"AlanJones is set to contest the allegations in a four-month-long hearing starting in August. (Rhett Wyman \/ SMH)<\/p>\n

“The phone was seized, and the evidence to date suggests it was then searched willy-nilly,” his barrister Gabrielle Bashir SC said.<\/p>\n

On its face, the search warrant was “bad”, she continued, partly because it referred to Jones being accused of sexual intercourse without consent, amongst other offences.<\/p>\n

These were not the charges the radio veteran was eventually hit with, Bashir argued.<\/p>\n

Jones has pleaded not guilty to 25 charges of indecent assault and two charges of sexual touching against nine alleged victims over nearly two decades when he ruled the airwaves.<\/p>\n

Bashir flagged that her client might apply to either temporarily or permanently halt the proceedings, or argue that certain evidence be tossed because it was obtained unlawfully.<\/p>\n

Representing the NSW Police Commissioner, barrister Peter Singleton said there was no evidence officers had engaged in any sort of impropriety or that the warrant itself was invalid.<\/p>\n

He said the court should not order the release of documents merely to allow Jones’ defence team to see if there was anything there to support a future bid to put the case on ice.<\/p>\n

“It is fishing to find out whether or not there is a case,” he told Judge Glenn Walsh.<\/p>\n

Jones is set to contest the allegations in a four-month-long hearing starting in August.<\/p>\n

His defence team has been fighting to gain access to documents from the police as well as the complainants in the matter.<\/p>\n

\"\"\/He worked with Sydney radio station 2UE before joining rival 2GB, where he was a long-time ratings juggernaut until 2020. (Nine \/ Supplied)<\/p>\n

In March, Bashir told the court they were still awaiting “oodles of material” to be produced.<\/p>\n

Jones is accused of sexual misconduct against nine complainants between 2003 and 2020, both in private and in public places such as restaurants and at high-profile events.<\/p>\n

Two of the alleged victims were acting as chauffeurs for the former private school teacher when he indecently assaulted them, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n

The charges, which Jones has claimed are “all either baseless or they distort the truth”, followed his retirement from a hugely influential broadcasting career launched in 1985.<\/p>\n

During his decades on the air, Jones became a feared interviewer who excelled at questioning leaders while dividing audiences with his outspoken views.<\/p>\n

He worked with Sydney radio station<\/a> 2UE before joining rival 2GB, where he was a long-time ratings juggernaut until 2020.<\/p>\n

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