Alan Jones has been arrested at his luxury Circular Quay apartment by NSW Police over allegations the controversial broadcaster and former Wallabies coach indecently assaulted, groped or inappropriately touched multiple young men. For the past nine months, detectives from Strike Force Bonnefin, run by the State Crime Command’s child abuse squad, have been conducting a top-secret investigation into Jones. Alan Jones, pictured in Sydney in May, has been arrested at his Circular Quay apartment.
Credit: Sam Mooy The strike force was formed following a lengthy investigation by the Herald and The Age , which revealed in December that the 83-year-old had used his position of power, first as a teacher and later as the country’s top-rating radio broadcaster, to allegedly prey on a number of young men. The allegations of inappropriate behaviour uncovered by the Herald spanned almost 60 years. Jones was arrested by specialist detectives on Monday morning and taken to Day Street police station in central Sydney.
Police are expected to address the media later on Monday. In 1965, Jones was a 23-year-old teacher at Brisbane Grammar when he is alleged to have put his hands down the pants of a student and squeezed his testicles. The student said when he was struck in the groin by a cricket ball, Jones - who was teaching English as well as coaching cricket – held his testicles for “maybe 30 seconds to a minute”.
At Jones’ next school, The King’s School in the Sydney suburb of Par.
