Alan Jones, Iconic Radio Personality, Arrested with No Charges Filed

Former conservative radio broadcaster and icon Alan Jones has been arrested amid an investigation into historic claims of indecent assault against several young men.

The latest move by New South Wales Police comes after a near-nine-month long investigation into Jones following the release of several articles in late 2023 by The Sydney Morning Herald detailing the allegations.

Jones’s lawyers filed a defamation suit against The Herald just hours after the first article was published while vehemently denying the claims.

The Epoch Times cannot independently verify the claims outlined in The Herald’s coverage.

Jones Arrested While Police Search His Home

NSW Police said no charges had been laid against Jones as of the early half of Nov. 18.

In a statement provided to The Epoch Times, police did confirm Jones had been arrested and taken to the city centre’s Day Street Police Station following “an investigation into alleged indecent assault and sexual touching offences spanning two decades.”

A search warrant was also executed at Jones’s Circular Quay home at 1 Macquarie Street.

“In March 2024, State Crime Command’s Child Abuse Squad established Strike Force Bonnefin to investigate a number of alleged indecent assaults and sexual touching incidents between 2001 and 2019,” the police spokesperson said.

“Following extensive inquiries, at about 7.45 a.m. (on Nov. 18), Strike Force detectives executed a search warrant at a unit in Circular Quay where they arrested an 83-year-old man.

“The search warrant is underway.”

Police Call for Victims to Step Forward With More Evidence

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said news of the allegations could prompt more people to come forward.

“This is a result of a very long, thorough, protracted investigation … I did visit the Strike Force some weeks and months ago to look at the work that they have been doing. It is very complex and protracted,” she told reporters.

“There’s no such thing as a matter that’s too old to be investigated … what I’d say to victims is that there is no better time to come forward than now and you will be listened to and we will take your matter seriously.”

Newspaper Publishes Several Allegations

The first media report on the sexual assault allegations against Jones arose following articles in The Herald last year. The paper is part of the Nine Newspaper group.

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He would later join Sky News Australia before joining ADH TV.