Ex-Sydney radio broadcaster Alan Jones charged with sex crimes [Video]

SYDNEY –

Retired Sydney radio broadcaster and former Australian national rugby coach Alan Jones was charged Monday with multiple sex crimes against males over two decades, police said.

The 83-year-old will appear in a Sydney court on Dec. 18 on 24 charges relating to eight alleged victims from 2001 to 2019, Assistant Police Commissioner Michael Fitzgerald said.

Fitzgerald said the youngest of the alleged victims was 17 when the first offence allegedly occurred.

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“In regards to the victims, we will allege that the accused knew some of them personally, some of them professionally. And we’ll also allege that some of the victims when the alleged offence took place, was the first time that they ever met the accused,” Fitzgerald told reporters.

Jones’ lawyer Bryan Wrench did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Jones was arrested …