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

The Guardian World Thursday 24 September 2026, 03:33 UTC By Amanda Meade Media correspondent 1 min read
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Jones, 85, has pleaded not guilty to 21 charges of indecent assault and sexual touching, including two charges involving the athleteFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastListen to the podcast Alan Jones on TrialThe man who was Alan Jones’s butler for almost two decades has told a Sydney court his boss would welcome a prominent athlete to his luxury harbourside apartment with “a hug and a slap on the bottom” and would...

Jones, 85, has pleaded not guilty to 21 charges of indecent assault and sexual touching, including two charges involving the athlete

The man who was Alan Jones’s butler for almost two decades has told a Sydney court his boss would welcome a prominent athlete to his luxury harbourside apartment with “a hug and a slap on the bottom” and would call him “champion”.

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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