The once-untouchable king of radio Alan Jones faces the threat of spending his twilight years in jail after being charged with a near two-decade reign of predatory indecent attacks during which he allegedly abused eight men, including a prominent Olympian and a 17-year-old, report The Australian’s Stephen Rice, Liam Mendes and Ellie Dudley . Silent and seemingly on the verge of tears, a frail Jones, 83, shuffled from the Day Street police station in Sydney’s CBD on Monday, aided by a walking stick, after being charged with 24 counts of historical sexual and assault offences, including alleged sexual attacks against several men who were in his employ. His lawyer, Chris Murphy , said Jones “denies any misconduct” and would “assert his innocence” in court, while police said they believed more people might now come forward with allegations against Jones.
[Read more] When detectives arrived at Alan Jones’s harbourside apartment to arrest him over allegations of indecent assault, a familiar face was running just a few beats behind them: criminal solicitor Bryan Wrench , reports The Australian’s Ellie Dudley . Known widely as the defence lawyer to the stars, Wrench has acted for everyone from NRL superstar Sam Burgess to former Australian Idol runner-up Shannon Noll to TV actor John Jarratt . Now Wrench has collected Jones as his latest client after NSW police charged the former radio shock jock with 24 offences spanning two decades.
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