
Radio host Ray Hadley testified in Alan Jones's indecent assault trial, describing a tearful disclosure by the alleged victim and revealing explosive text messages that exposed a high-stakes internal power struggle at the station, as reported by Nour Haydar and Amanda Meade.
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The trial involves allegations of indecent assault and sexual touching against media personality Alan Jones, with Ray Hadley testifying as a witness amid reports of internal station conflict.
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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Rival Ray Hadley tells Alan Jones trial that alleged victim ‘broke down and sobbed’ when detailing assaults
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