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Alan Jones arrested over allegations he indecently assaulted young men

The Sydney Morning Herald
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Alan Jones has been arrested at his luxury Circular Quay apartment by NSW Police over allegations he indecently assaulted, groped or inappropriately touched multiple young men.

The 83-year-old was arrested by specialist detectives on Monday morning and taken to Day Street police station in central Sydney .

The allegations of inappropriate behaviour uncovered by the Herald spanned almost 60 years .

In 1965 , Jones is alleged to have put his hands down the pants of a student at Brisbane Grammar and squeezed his testicles.

In 2008 , a young waiter who was 22 at the time said he was 22 when he was fondled and fondled his penis without consent.

In January 2017 , a then-schoolboy told the.

The broadcaster had taken an interest in the boy's family following numerous difficulties, including the death of the boy’s sister.

The boy later gave a statement to police in which he alleged that he and Jones , who was 75 at the time, watched a movie before Jones passionately kissed him on the lips and placed his left hand on his buttocks.

After pushing Jones away, he told the police that he went to the bathroom “with my loofah and soap and began scrubbing my mouth, inside and out, as much as I could”.

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