Overview
- The Downing Centre Local Court hearing was adjourned on Wednesday after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions notified Jones’s legal team that it wanted to amend part of its case, prompting a surprise legal argument.
- Complainant J, a former athlete, completed multi‑day testimony recounting alleged unwanted kisses and groping in Jones’s car and at his Fitzroy Falls property while admitting he lied to his mother in 2023 about the conduct.
- J’s brother and an ex‑girlfriend gave corroborative evidence that J disclosed concerns years apart, with the ex‑girlfriend saying J told her in the mid‑2000s that 'Alan Jones has touched me inappropriately' and asked her to keep it secret.
- The Crown has signalled it will next call complainant C and about 20 supporting witnesses who are expected to give evidence about alleged incidents in lifts and a car, but that schedule is now delayed by the legal dispute.
- Jones, 85, has pleaded not guilty to 20 counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual touching relating to six anonymous complainants and faces a lengthy hearing that the prosecution says will involve dozens of witnesses and extended court time.