Mother of Alan Jones's youngest alleged victim says she kept writing to him
The mother of Alan Jones's youngest alleged victim continued to seek advice from the broadcaster after her son was allegedly indecently assaulted at Jones's farm at Fitzroy Falls, a Sydney court has heard.
Giving evidence at the Downing Centre court, the witness told the court she kept up correspondence with Jones because she had developed a pattern of not trusting herself, and because she believed he knew about everything. On Friday, on her last day in the witness box, she told the court: "I was in a web of dependency with Mr Jones." Guardian Australia
The mother has previously said that she continued writing to Jones after he allegedly kissed her son, then 17, and put his tongue inside his mouth. She said she was afraid Jones would withdraw his financial support.
Defence barrister Claire O'Neill, who acts for Jones, suggested to the witness that she continued to correspond with him not out of fear but because she wanted more money from him. The witness agreed that she had written to Jones about her son's late university application, a superannuation payment (Australia's workplace retirement savings system), outstanding legal fees, and obtaining a membership at the Sydney Cricket Ground for her son.
Jones, 85, has pleaded not guilty to 21 charges of indecent assault and sexual touching. Five men allege that he sexually touched or indecently assaulted them between 2003 and 2020. Complainant A is one of the five, and all five have now completed their evidence.
The youngest complainant has alleged that Jones touched him on the bottom during a visit to the broadcaster's property. ABC News
The trial continues in Sydney.
