August 4, 2026 — 5:08pmWarning: Graphic contentA former teen athlete who alleges he was indecently assaulted by Alan Jones has given emotional testimony that he reported the veteran broadcaster to police decades after the alleged incidents to seek justice and to teach his child “right from wrong”.Jones is standing trial in the NSW Local Court in Sydney’s historic Downing Centre court complex on 22 counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual touching without consent against six complainants between 2003 and 2020. The former 2GB host vehemently denies the allegations.Alan Jones outside the Downing Centre court complex in Sydney on Tuesday.Sam MooyThe lengthy trial, which may run until close to Christmas, started on Monday with evidence from complainant “J”, who has told the court of a series of alleged incidents of unwanted kissing and touching by Jones.Prosecutors allege the offending started when “J” was in year 12 and continued over a two-year period. Jones had supported the promising athlete financially including paying him hundreds of dollars a week to focus on training and giving him a car and a mobile phone, the court has heard.‘People need me to do this’“J”, a former police officer now in his early 40s, returned to the witness box on Tuesday. During at times tearful evidence, he said he froze on one occasion when attempting to stand up to Jones.“J” said he came forward to police decades later after reading media reports about Jones’ November 2024 arrest because he hadn’t been able to do so earlier.“I’m going to be 100 per cent honest. I feel like I’m here because I haven’t been able to say no and stand up for the right thing and do the right thing,” he told the court.“I am a proud dad. I want to teach my daughter right from wrong. What the defendant was doing, I know it was wrong.”The man said he did not want money from Jones.“I just want justice for what happened; that’s why I’m here,” he said. “I’m here because it’s the right thing to do and people need me, people need me to do this.”“J” said he had arrived at Jones’ harbourside apartment many years earlier to the broadcaster criticising his teeth and clothes. Jones handed him five $100 notes and told him to buy new clothes, the man told the court.He had planned to stand up for himself that day, “J” said, but it was different “being in that situation [with] a defendant who’s so powerful and who I thought I respected”.“I didn’t think anyone would believe me and I thought if I did stand up to him I would have to lose everything … I was so disappointed in myself. It upsets me now knowing that I didn’t.”Under cross-examination by Jones’ barrister, Gabrielle Bashir, SC, the complainant denied reading a news article in 2023 which contained similar allegations to his own before he went to police.Jones arrives at the Downing Centre Local court for the second day of his trial.Sam Mooy“That’s not true,” he said. “I’ve never seen or heard any of that until now.”“J” feared he owed Jones $110,000During his evidence on Tuesday, “J” told the court that he received a call from the broadcaster’s accountant some time after his contact with Jones waned.The accountant explained that fortnightly payments Jones had been paying him for several years were about to end, he said.Shortly after that, “J” said, he received an email from either the accountant or 2GB, detailing payments totalling $110,000.“My heart almost stopped. I thought, there’s no way I can [repay him]. I’d have to pay $1 per day for the next 20 lives,” he said. “J” said he called Jones seeking clarification, and was told he did not have to repay the funds.‘It was very, very direct’“J” told the court on the day of an alleged series of indecent assaults at Jones’ Fitzroy Fall farm, the pair ate dinner together and the broadcaster told him to have a shower and “come back in a robe and nothing else”.“When he said that, it was very, very direct,” the complainant said.“I remember walking off … and the defendant yelled out again: ‘the robe and nothing else’.”“J” walked towards his ensuite and had a shower, he said. He told the court he put on underwear and a robe before walking back out.“I almost knew what was going to happen based on what had happened in the car,” the man said, in a reference to an alleged incident earlier that day when he said Jones groped him as he drove to the property.“[That] he wants me to come out in the nude and undo my robe – easy access, he’s going to touch me,” he said.“J” said that he sat next to Jones on the couch with a racing heart. He told the court that Jones again said, in a “quite calming, caring, sympathising” tone, “I said the robe and nothing else” as he opened up the man’s robe.Jones allegedly told “J” it was OK as he slid his hand onto “J”’s penis over his underpants and rubbed it.“J” said he did not consent to the rubbing. Jones asked if it was “OK”, the man said he had replied either “I don’t know” or “I’m not comfortable”. He told the court he spoke about his girlfriend and said he had never done anything like that with a man.After a couple of seconds, he said Jones said, “OK, we’ll stop”.“It was very direct, and he stopped straight away,” the man said.The pair watched sport for 30 minutes to an hour before the complainant got up to go to bed, he told the court. Not long after complainant “J” walked into the spare bedroom at the Fitzroy Falls farm, he heard Jones tap on the door, he told the court.‘My heart was racing’Jones asked if everything was OK, the complainant said. “J” said it was, he told the court, and Jones gave him a “cuddle”, with one hand reaching around to squeeze his bottom outside his robe.Jones allegedly gave him a “sloppy kiss” before pulling off the man’s robe, pulling the complainants’ underpants down partially and “wriggling” his body towards him so their penises were touching.“J” said he was going to bed, he told the court, and Jones followed the man onto the bed.“My heart was racing,” the man said. “I was probably as scared and nervous as I had been in a long time … I felt like my heart was going to come out of my chest.”On the bed, he said, Jones assaulted him again while masturbating. The complainant said the incident ended with him also masturbating because he thought “if I just do this and do it myself it’s just going to be over”.“I thought it was the quickest way to get it over and done with.”The Crown alleges that Jones indecently assaulted or sexually touched six male complainants, ranging in age from 17 to their 30s, over almost two decades. Nine of the 20 counts of indecent assault relate to “J”.The former broadcaster has emphatically denied wrongdoing, and his barrister Gabrielle Bashir, SC, said on Monday that the credibility and reliability of the complainants’ evidence would be tested.“Rivalry, treachery, double-dealing, money, hatred, desperation, opportunism and more are all at the heart of this case,” Bashir said in her opening remarks to Judge Glenn Walsh.The trial continues.Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic Family Violence Counselling Service at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732) or the Men’s Referral Service on 1300 766 491.More:Alan Jones trialCourtsAlan JonesRadioFor subscribersFrom our partners