Live: Ray Hadley resumes evidence in radio rival Alan Jones’s trial
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- Retired broadcaster Ray Hadley has resumed giving evidence in Alan Jones’s trial in the New South Wales Local Court.
- Hadley testified that an alleged victim told him Jones kissed and touched him and later became distressed while discussing the allegations.
- Jones has pleaded not guilty to 22 charges, and the trial is continuing.
Retired 2GB host Ray Hadley has returned to the witness box in Alan Jones’s trial, continuing evidence about allegations of indecent assault and sexual touching against the veteran broadcaster.
Jones, 85, has pleaded not guilty to 22 charges. The trial, being heard in the New South Wales Local Court, has entered its fourth week. Jones denies all allegations.
The court previously heard that a former colleague, identified as Complainant C, accused Jones of kissing him several times in a workplace lift in 2008 and touching his crotch on multiple occasions. Complainant C allegedly confided in Hadley in October 2019.
[Complainant C] broke down and cried. He said, 'No I hated it. I'm not homosexual'.
Hadley told the court that Complainant C “broke down and cried” when asked whether he had consented to the alleged kissing and touching. Hadley said the man replied, “No I hated it. I'm not homosexual,” and felt guilty that he had allowed it to happen.
Hadley said Complainant C swore him to secrecy and rejected offers to report the allegations to police, Jones’s management or the radio station’s chair. He said the man feared, “It would ruin me, it would ruin my career … he's too powerful.” The matter was not raised again between the two men, Hadley testified.
The court also heard about Hadley’s long relationship with Jones, whom he first met in the early 1980s, and an alleged 2019 plot for Hadley to take over Jones’s prized breakfast radio slot. Hadley’s evidence was cut short on Tuesday while legal arguments were resolved. Jones has been taking notes as Hadley testifies.
It would ruin me, it would ruin my career … he's too powerful.
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Originally published by ABC Australia in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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