‘Anti-Jones crusade’: Alan Jones’ lawyers probe contact between police and journalists

“We seek full disclosure of that material,” he said.

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In response, magistrate Daniel Covington said: “What can I do with all that?”

The magistrate said it was a matter for Jones’ lawyers and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

“If you want to raise it down the track, you can raise it,” Covington said.

McClymont’s latest story, published online on Monday and in the newspaper today, was a result of court documents made publicly available by the Local Court on Monday.

A prosecutor from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions sought an eight-week adjournment for further service of the brief of evidence.

Wrench said there was material outstanding, including a download of Jones’ phone and statements by investigative police.

Wrench also formally entered a not-guilty plea for Jones to the Tamworth charge, having previously done the same for the other 34 charges. However, magistrate Daniel Covington noted the case was not yet at that stage.

The case was adjourned to May 13, when Jones is excused from attending.

Jones was charged last year over dozens of allegations of indecent assault and sexual touching between 2001 and 2019. He is facing 21 counts of indecent assault, 11 counts of aggravated indecent assault, two counts of common assault and two counts of sexual touching.

Court documents, seen prior to the new charge, allege Jones fondled penises, stroked thighs, squeezed bottoms, kissed “using his tongue”, and pulled a man’s scrotum. He is further accused of masturbating during one alleged indecent assault.

Detectives from Strike Force Bonnefin sat in the second row of the busy public gallery on Tuesday.

The team of officers was formed following a major investigation by the Herald and The Age, which revealed allegations Jones used his position of power to prey on a number of young men, indecently assaulting them, groping or inappropriately touching them without consent.

Jones denied the allegations raised by the Herald and The Age in December 2023 and threatened to sue but did not commence a defamation action.

Outside court in December, Jones read a statement in which he protested his innocence.

“I am certainly not guilty, and I’ll be presenting my account to a jury,” he said.

“These allegations are all either baseless, or they distort the truth.”

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