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A non-publication order has been lifted in the criminal trial of Alan Jones. It means tonight we can report his defence arguments for the first time. Lawyers for Mr Jones have sought to discredit the first complainant claiming he concocted his allegations and was pursuing Alan Jones for money after he was forced to resign from his job.

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00:01On day four of his trial, a chance to put claims against him to the test.
00:06Are you happy that some of your defense is now out in the public?
00:10Alan Jones is facing 22 charges of indecent assault and sexual touching,
00:14including against complainant Jay, who says Mr Jones assaulted him when he was 17.
00:20Two days of cross-examination of Jay can now be revealed.
00:23Defense barrister Gabrielle Bashir revealed in court Jay had to resign as a police officer in 2024 after a misconduct
00:31breach,
00:32putting to Jay he was unemployed and worried about money when he made his police complaint.
00:37Isn't it the case that you did see bringing such an allegation as an opportunity to ultimately get money paid
00:44to you by Mr Jones?
00:45I think I've been very clear, Jay said. I don't want anything from this.
00:49The court also heard Jay initially told police that Alan Jones gave him a mobile phone when he was at
00:55school.
00:56But Jay was shown phone records revealing it wasn't connected until 2003.
01:02Under questioning, he agreed he must have been given it at 18.
01:05You were trying to paint a picture of Alan Jones giving you a phone and a car when you were
01:10a schoolboy, weren't you?
01:11No.
01:12Today, the court was shown messages Jay sent to his ex-girlfriend, who made a police statement to assist his
01:18case in 2024.
01:20Once it's over, I promise to look after you, he told the woman.
01:23Asked whether that was a promise to financially look after her, Jay insisted again that he never wanted compensation.
01:30The defence has sought to poke holes in Jay's evidence, putting to him multiple times that his allegations of kissing
01:37and touching never happened,
01:39and that he concocted his story after reading media reports.
01:43But Jay has insisted he's telling the truth.
01:45Jay agreed under questioning that he was physically superior to Alan Jones, but he never pushed him away.
01:52Well, the unknown that he was exactly the same and was just the same.
01:52It's the same way.
01:52By the way, they could take the legislative step.
01:53Yeah.
01:53See the next step.
01:53He's a very good job.
01:53And and he had to work with a sexual attack.
01:53Including a lot of things he was doing right now.
01:54He would have been to us for the past.
01:54And he put it on stage.
01:54He had to go with the next step.
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