Alan Jones has been hit with fresh charges relating to a ninth alleged victim as the veteran broadcaster awaits his first court date since his bombshell arrest. The 83-year-old was charged with 24 offences against eight people on Monday after being arrested at his Harbour Bridge-view apartment. A day later, police said Jones had been charged with an additional two counts of assault with an act of indecency involving a ninth person.
The charges came after detectives received further legal advice, investigators said. Jones spent his first night under bail restrictions as more allegations continued to surface about his alleged decades-long sexual misconduct towards a group of young men. The Daily Telegraph reported that a high-profile Olympian was one of the Jones’ alleged victims and police announced during a press conference that they expect more alleged victims to come forward.
Jones, 83, is now facing 26 charges of sexual misconduct and has previously denied all allegations as a raft of stories began circling in recent years. One of the most telling admissions to the substance behind the allegations came from Jones’s former 2GB cohort Rad Hadley who told listeners on Monday that their relationship had soured nearly five years ago after Hadley had been given information regarding Jones’ behaviour. Jones looked frail and dazed as he left the Day St police station in Sydney’s Darling Harbour on Monday, flanked by high-profile lawyers Chris Murphy and Brian Wrench and of.