Alan Jones, who is facing trial for indecent assault and sexual touching charges, arrived at Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on Monday morning. 

The trial is set to hear from 76 witnesses, including six complainants who say they were indecently assaulted by Jones between 2003 and 2020.

Jones has denied all 22 charges. 

“The law assumes that I am not guilty, and I am not guilty,” Jones stated in December 2024. 

Nine of the charges relate to allegations from a male referred to as “Complainant J”, who was 17 at the time of the alleged offending. The complainant told police he was given a phone by Jones and invited to his Macquarie Street apartment in Sydney. He alleges Jones’s offending occurred multiple times including at Jones’s home, and while on a drive to Fitzroy Falls.

Complainant J is giving evidence in-camera, meaning the public is excluded from the courtroom.

The prosecution is arguing Jones’s alleged behaviour highlights a pattern of targeting “significantly younger men”.

Two of the other complainants told police they were assaulted the first time they met Jones. These alleged incidents took place at a fashion show and a fundraising event.

On Friday, Jones’s legal team tried to stop the media reporting on the evidence of complainants. Judge Glenn Walsh disagreed with Jones’s barrister, Claire O’Neill, stating he did not believe there was a need for a suppression order. Walsh also noted that no alleged victim has asked for their evidence to be held back from the public domain. 

The high-profile, judge-only trial is taking place in a courtroom that only has room for 25 media personnel and is expected to last for several weeks.

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