At the beginning of this week, inside a claustrophobic courtroom in one of Sydney’s busiest courthouses, former broadcasting giant Alan Jones revealed how he planned to combatively fight 22 indecent assault and sexual touching charges.The allegations, spanning almost two decades, relate to six men. Jones’s barrister, Gabrielle Bashir SC, told the court on Monday that Jones was himself targeted by media rivals “looking for a story”.“[Peter] FitzSimons was looking for a story, and so was Kate McClymont,” Bashir said of two Sydney Morning Herald journalists. Bashir then alleged that fellow shock jock Ray Hadley “wanted to destroy” Jones. Hadley wanted to “tear him apart”, the barrister told the judge-only trial.“Rivalry, treachery, double-dealing, money, hatred, desperation, opportunism and more” were at the “heart of this case”, Bashir told Downing Centre local court in an opening statement that pulled no punches. Jones has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.Sign up for the Breaking News Australia emailAlso in the defence’s line of fire was the credibility of the six complainants, some of whom met Jones when they were young sports stars.The first alleged victim to be cross-examined by Bashir, complainant J, gave evidence via video link. But just a few hours into her examination , media reporting was halted by an interim non-publication order (NPO).The NPO was issued after the crown prosecutor complained to the judge, Glenn Walsh, that the cross-examination was going too far regarding J’s credibility. It should be ruled inadmissible, the prosecutor, Georgina Wright, told the court. The NPO was lifted late on Thursday afternoon.‘I don’t want anything from this’Bashir this week argued in court that J’s allegations, that he was indecently assaulted nine times in his late teens, were all a “concoction” – a “fabrication”.The defence barrister alleged the complainant was motivated by money.Bashir told the court J went to the police not long after he lost his job as a police officer for assaulting someone at a pub. J had fallen on “extremely hard times”, the court was told.Bashir was challenged by the judge as to the relevance of J’s financial problems before the NPO was made.“A complaint like this, if successful, is a stepping stone to civil proceedings. I will be putting that to him,” Bashir told Walsh.