Overview
- Peter FitzSimons gave about three hours of evidence on Thursday and said a man now called 'C' told him on 16 October 2019 that Alan Jones had kissed and groped him without consent.
- FitzSimons told the court he passed contemporaneous notes of that 2019 call to Herald investigative reporter Kate McClymont and did not report the matter to police at the time.
- He said police contacted him after July 2026 when Nine and the Herald produced material under subpoena and he cooperated with investigators by providing documents and answering questions.
- The defence has argued FitzSimons and other media figures were biased or colluding against Jones, a claim FitzSimons accepted in court that he is 'almost proudly' critical of Jones.
- The trial remains open with the third of six complainants due to give evidence next week and the judge scheduling legal argument days before witness testimony resumes.