New battleline drawn in Alan Jones’ blockbuster trial

Lawyers for Alan Jones have accused one of the complainants in his upcoming blockbuster trial of failing to comply with a subpoena and questioned whether they had “anything to hide”, a court has been told.

The former 2GB host is scheduled to battle allegations he indecently assaulted and sexually touched nine alleged victims during a high-stakes trial later this year.

Jones, 85, has pleaded not guilty to 25 counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual touching.

The Local Court hearing before Magistrate Glenn Walsh is scheduled to begin in August, and is anticipated to run for four months.

The court was last month told one complainant — known only as Complainant G — had not complied with a subpoena for their communications with police.

Mr Jones’ solicitor Bryan Wrench asked the court for Mr Jones’ legal team to be given unredacted access to an email sent by Complainant G to the court.

Mr Wrench told the court at the time he was seeking access to the complainant’s email address so they could be contacted to comply with the subpoena.

According to court documents, Mr Jones is alleged to have rubbed the Complainant G on the leg at the Sydney Opera House in 2014.

It’s alleged by police, in a Court Attendance Notice, that Jones “did assault Complainant G and at the time of the assault committed an act of indecency on Complainant G, to wit, rubbed the complainant’s leg up towards his crotch during the performance at the Sydney Opera House.”

Mr Wrench on Wednesday appeared in Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court where he said that the complainant had initially asked for further time to comply, however had since “flip flopped”.

“He refused to comply with the subpoena,” Mr Wrench told the court.

“I’m not sure what that means, whether he’s attending (the hearing to give evidence) or not.”

Mr Wrench further told the court: “we don’t know whether he’s got anything to hide”.

The court was told that the matter will now be resolved when the matter next appears in court on May 4 for a two-day legal argument.

According to court documents, Mr Jones’ alleged offending occurred in Sydney, Fitzroy Falls, Kiama, Mittagong, Tamworth and at his work premises and home between 2003 and 2020.

Following his first court appearance in December 2024, Mr Jones strongly denied the allegations.

“I have never indecently assaulted these people,” he said at the time.

“The law assumes I am not guilty, and I am not guilty.

“I am emphatic that I’ll be defending every charge.”