Former 2GB and 2UE broadcaster Jones, 85, has denied 22 indecent assault and sexual touching charges involving six men
Broadcaster Ray Hadley has told a Sydney court that an alleged victim of Alan Jones confided in 2019 he’d been “sexually assaulted” by the fellow 2GB broadcaster on a number of occasions.
“He said [Jones] put his hand on my cock and kissed me,” Hadley told the Downing Centre local court on Tuesday.
Jones is on trial on 20 charges of indecent assault and two counts of sexual touching against six complainants. The 85-year-old has pleaded not guilty.
“I asked him if he was homosexual and whether he was consenting to it,” Hadley told the court when giving evidence.
“He broke down and cried and said ‘No, I hated it. I’m not homosexual.’”
Hadley was questioned by the prosecutor Georgina Wright about the conversation he had with the alleged victim, known as complainant C. He was also questioned about later putting him in contact with a journalist from the Sydney Morning Herald.
Hadley said he promised C he would not reveal his identity and he would keep his disclosure secret. The conversation lasted between 30 and 40 minutes, Hadley told the court.
“At varying stages, he broke down and sobbed,” Hadley said. “I just stopped, let him compose himself, offered my support, and let him continue.”
C earlier told the court he confided in Hadley in 2019 that he had been inappropriately touched by Jones in 2008.
“I broke down and I said ‘He’s a fucking grub, he used to grab me on the cock, he used to kiss me’,” C told the court.
“Ray just listened. I just broke down sobbing. I said ‘He [Jones] is a fucking cunt, he’s just a cunt’.”
Hadley on Tuesday said: “I wanted to go across the other side of the desk and give him a hug, but I just kept telling him it wasn’t his fault. He was a victim, and he didn’t have to explain to me that he should have rejected the advances.”
Hadley told the court that C had also mentioned a luncheon where “Jones brought him to sit next to him, and during the luncheon he was touching his cock under the table”.
Hadley said C told him that two guests at the lunch, including broadcaster Jason Morrison, were “laughing and giggling at what was happening” and C said he felt “embarrassed” and “helpless”.
