Prosecutors Withdraw More Than a Dozen Sex Abuse Charges Against Alan Jones

More than a dozen allegations against the 84-year-old radio veteran were abandoned.
Prosecutors Withdraw More Than a Dozen Sex Abuse Charges Against Alan Jones
Former veteran radio broadcaster and conservative commentator Alan Jones leaves the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney, Australia on Dec. 18, 2024. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas
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Outspoken radio host and former teacher Alan Jones has pleaded not guilty to dozens of sexual abuse charges after several charges against him were withdrawn.

The 84-year-old had been accused of historical sex offences against 11 people—the youngest of whom was 17 at the time—over two decades when he dominated Sydney’s airwaves.