{"id":861583,"date":"2026-08-20T04:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T04:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/861583\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T04:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T04:00:11","slug":"alan-jones-trial-live-updates-ray-hadley-texts-reveal-feud-between-2gb-figures-complainant-c-cross-examination-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/861583\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Jones trial live updates: Ray Hadley texts reveal feud between 2GB figures; \u2018Complainant C\u2019 cross-examination continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>Warning: Graphic content<\/p>\n<p>Hello and welcome to our live coverage of day 12 of Alan Jones\u2019 criminal trial on charges of indecent assault and sexual touching. My colleague Clare Sibthorpe will be bringing you the latest from the courtroom today.<\/p>\n<p>The NSW Local Court in Sydney\u2019s historic Downing Centre court building will hear further evidence today from complainant \u201cC\u201d, the second of six men who have accused the former 2GB host of unwanted touching and kissing over a 20-year period.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alan Jones arriving at court on Thursday.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/47d1ba40b1ba1d7323c4d735373aca288b9758e7.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"\/>Alan Jones arriving at court on Thursday.Sitthixay Ditthavong<\/p>\n<p>Jones denies the claims and is entitled to the presumption of innocence.<\/p>\n<p>Jones is charged with indecently assaulting \u201cC\u201d eight times over a five-month period by touching and kissing him without his consent. The alleged incidents are said to have taken place almost 20 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cC\u201d, a former staffer to Jones, faces further cross-examination today by Jones\u2019 barrister, Gabrielle Bashir, SC, after the questioning was cut short on Wednesday afternoon by legal argument.<\/p>\n<p>The Crown alleges that Jones indecently assaulted or sexually touched six men without their consent between 2003 and 2020, and is seeking to prove 22 charges against him.<\/p>\n<p>Bashir said during her opening address to the court that the credibility and reliability of the complainants\u2019 evidence would be tested.<\/p>\n<p>Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic Family Violence Counselling Service at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732) or the Men\u2019s Referral Service on 1300 766 491.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warning: Graphic content Hello and welcome to our live coverage of day 12 of Alan Jones\u2019 criminal trial&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-861583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}