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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Jordyn Beazley and Amanda Meade

‘Number 1, struggle street’ and a $1,200 stipend: inside the first week of Alan Jones’s trial

Composite of former radio broadcaster Alan Jones arriving at court
Alan Jones arrives at a Sydney court on Tuesday. The former broadcasting giant has denied indecently assaulting and sexually touching six men. Composite: AAP

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”.

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