<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <docID>333458</docID> <postdate>2024-11-19 10:13:51</postdate> <headline>Alan Jones faces fresh indecent assault charges</headline> <body><p><img class="size-full wp-image-333459" src="https://citynews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241118117534000300-original-resized.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="601" /></p> <caption>Alan Jones was silent when he left a police station on Monday after being charged with 24 offences. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)</caption> <p><span class="kicker-line">By <strong>Jack Gramenz</strong> in Sydney</span></p> <p><strong>Alan Jones has been hit with fresh charges relating to a ninth alleged victim as the veteran broadcaster awaits his first court date since his bombshell arrest.</strong></p> <p>The 83-year-old was charged with 24 offences against eight people on Monday after being arrested at his Harbour Bridge-view apartment.</p> <p>A day later, police said Jones had been charged with an additional two counts of assault with an act of indecency involving a ninth person.</p> <p>The charges came after detectives received further legal advice, investigators said.</p> <p>Jones was silent when he left a police station in the centre of Sydney on Monday afternoon after the initial charges were laid.</p> <p>The high-profile broadcaster, who wielded political and public influence on the airwaves for decades, faces allegations including 11 counts of aggravated indecent assault where the alleged victim was under his authority.</p> <p>The charge carries a maximum seven-year jail term.</p> <p>The alleged offences took place between 2001 and 2019.</p> <p>NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Michael Fitzgerald said the work of the task force that began investigating Jones in March wasn't over.</p> <p>"We believe that we will have more people coming forward with information," he said on Monday.</p> <p>"(Investigators) are currently talking to people and will continue talking to people."</p> <p>Jones was granted conditional bail to appear in Downing Centre Local Court on December 18.</p> <p>His lawyer Chris Murphy said his client would be defending the charges.</p> <p>"He's presumed innocent," Mr Murphy told reporters outside the Sydney police station as Jones sat behind the tinted windows of a Lexus.</p> <p>Police alleged a teenager, an employee and people who had never met Jones previously were among Jones' victims.</p> <p>The youngest of the complainants was 17 at the time of the alleged crime.</p> <p>Jones began his hugely successful broadcasting work in 1985 after a failed political career and became a feared interviewer who excelled at grilling leaders while dominating the airwaves with his outspoken, conservative views.</p> <p>He worked with Sydney radio station 2UE before joining rival 2GB, where he was a long-time ratings juggernaut.</p> <p>Jones' most recent broadcast work was for the digital platform ADH TV but he hasn't been on-air since November 2023.</p> <p>He also coached the national men's rugby union team between 1984 and 1988.</p> </body>