At 7.45 every morning before his retirement, Alan Jones was gracing the airwaves on his top rating breakfast show. On Monday morning, his former employer 2GB covered his arrest live on air.
Jones, 83, was arrested in his luxury Circular Quay flat after a lengthy investigation by the State Crime Command’s child abuse squad into allegations he indecently assaulted, groped or inappropriately touched multiple young men. Alan Jones in his radio days. Credit: Nick Moir At 8.
07am, during the middle of Jones’ old radio slot, Ben Fordham was joined by senior Nine crime reporter Simon Bouda to break the news of the arrest to listeners of 2GB. Herald chief investigative reporter Kate McClymont was also interviewed on air to explain the indecent assault allegations against Jones. Jones hosted the breakfast slot from 2002 to 2020.
“This is a story that’s obviously close to home for us here at 2GB because as I said at the time when these allegations were first printed in The Sydney Morning Herald they involve people who used to work at this radio station. One of them being Alan Jones, another one being one of the alleged victims,” Fordham said. 2GB and this masthead are both owned by Nine Entertainment.
Ben Fordham covered the arrest live on the air. Credit: Louise Kennerley Fordham went on to read the initial statement from Jones’ legal team denying allegations detailed by this masthead. Fordham summarised the Herald and Age investigation on air this morning, including allegat.
