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Veteran Australian radio broadcaster Alan Jones will plead not guilty to a total of 34 charges, including an additional eight counts of indecent assault.
On Dec. 18, Jones, 83, appeared before Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court and read a statement once outside.
“I am certainly not guilty, and I’ll be presenting my account to a jury as you heard this morning,” Jones told reporters.
“I will not be engaging in a running commentary in the media, but I want you to understand this. These allegations are all either baseless, or they distort the truth, and you should know, prior to my arrest, I was given no opportunity by police to answer these allegations.
“I have never indecently assaulted these people.
“The law assumes that I’m not guilty, and I am not guilty. That’s all I can say at the moment, but I am emphatic that I will be defending every charge before a jury in due course.”
Jones has been charged with historic sexual assault offences against nine people from 2001 and 2019. They include 11 counts of aggravated indecent assault against alleged victims, many of whom had a professional relationship with him.
The youngest alleged victim in the charges…