澳大利亚前广播员Alan Jones因被控不当性行为而在法庭接受审判[1]。在悉尼的庭审中，控方证人J作证称，Jones在其十几岁后期时做出了不受欢迎的性骚扰行为，包括不请自来的亲吻、猥亵和强迫的自慰行为[1]。Jones对所有指控予以否认[1]。
法官Glenn Walsh发布了禁止发布令，严格限制了关于该案诉讼内容的报道[1]。根据禁止发布令的规定，仅允许获认证的媒体组织进入法庭，记者无法对案件细节进行报道[1]。禁止发布令将在交叉询问结束时重新审视[1]。
据悉，Jones与证人J的认识始于J十多岁中期时，之后Jones每周向其支付数百美元用于训练，并给予其一辆车和手机[1]。J在2024年阅读到有关Jones被控不当猥亵的媒体报道后，向警方进行了举报，此时距离事件发生已有数十年[1]。
Former Australian broadcaster Alan Jones is facing trial on charges of sexual misconduct, with court proceedings shrouded in strict confidentiality orders.[1] A prosecution witness, identified only as J, testified that Jones engaged in unwanted sexual harassment during J's late teenage years, including unsolicited kissing, indecent assault, and coerced sexual acts.[1] Jones has denied all allegations.[1]
According to the witness's account, Jones first met J during his mid-teenage years and subsequently provided him with weekly payments of several hundred dollars for training, as well as a car and mobile phone.[1] J did not report the allegations to police until 2024, decades after the incidents allegedly occurred, after reading media reports about Jones being charged with indecent assault.[1] The trial is currently proceeding through cross-examination, with Justice Glenn Walsh having issued a suppression order that will be reviewed upon completion of cross-examination.[1]
Access to the courtroom has been restricted to accredited media organizations only, and journalists are prohibited from reporting the substance of the proceedings under the suppression order.[1]