
Radio host Ray Hadley testified in Alan Jones's indecent assault and sexual touching trial, where explosive text messages revealed the station's internal power struggle and decades of professional animosity between the hosts.
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Alan Jones is on trial for indecent assault and sexual touching charges. Ray Hadley, a fellow radio host, was called as a witness in the proceedings.
As talkback titan Ray Hadley took the witness box in Alan Jones’s indecent assault and sexual touching trial, the court heard accounts of a tearful disclosure, a secret contract and decades of professional animosity.
Under cross-examination, explosive text messages laid bare the full extent of the station’s high-stakes internal power struggle.
Host Nour Haydar and Guardian media correspondent Amanda Meade are back to take you through week five of the trial of Alan Jones
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The trial will continue with additional witness testimony and evidence presentation.
Very likely · Within weeks
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