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24 September 2026

Alan Jones welcomed prominent athlete to luxury home with ‘hug and slap on the bottom’, former butler tells court

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Source reporting: The Guardian World

Alan Jones welcomed prominent athlete to luxury home with ‘hug and slap on the bottom’, former butler tells court

Jones, 85, has pleaded not guilty to 21 charges of indecent assault and sexual touching, including two charges involving the athlete Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates The butler, David Allan, testified in the Downing Centre court that he worked at “the coalface” of the broadcaster’s domestic life as a household manager for 18 and a half years up until August 2019. He cooked, cleaned and ironed everything including his underpants and socks, while his employer “tried to exist on 2. 5 hours [sleep] a day”.

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