{"id":525099,"date":"2026-07-14T06:07:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T06:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/525099\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T06:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T06:07:12","slug":"further-indecent-assault-charges-against-alan-jones-dropped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/525099\/","title":{"rendered":"Further indecent assault charges against Alan Jones dropped"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four sex abuse charges against former Australian radio titan Alan Jones have been dropped on the eve of his trial, leaving six of an original 11 complainants.<\/p>\n

The 85-year-old has pleaded not guilty to dozens of charges of indecent assault and sexual touching covering alleged offences between 2003 and 2020.<\/p>\n

He is set to fight the allegations during a four-month hearing beginning on August 3.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the prosecution told Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court four charges of indecent assault had been withdrawn.<\/p>\n

The move means Jones will not face charges related to two complainants, leaving the number of alleged victims at six.<\/p>\n

The long-time broadcaster has maintained his innocence since the charges were laid in 2024.<\/p>\n

He faced allegations of historical sex offences against 11 individuals – the youngest of whom was 17 at the time of the alleged crime – until prosecutors reconfigured their case in September.<\/p>\n

\"Where<\/p>\n

Where to get help for sexual violence. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

Claims related to three alleged victims were previously dropped, while accusations the conduct was aggravated or that Jones held power or authority over his alleged victims were withdrawn.<\/p>\n

The charges, which Jones alleges are “all either baseless or they distort the truth”, came years after his retirement from a hugely influential broadcasting career, which began in 1985.<\/p>\n

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

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

Alongside a failed tilt at politics, he coached the Australian national men’s rugby union team between 1984 and 1988.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four sex abuse charges against former Australian radio titan Alan Jones have been dropped on the eve of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,67,111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-525099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-australia","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}