Authorities in Australia on Monday arrested and charged veteran radio broadcaster and former national rugby team coach Alan Jones for sexually abusing seven adults and a 17-year-old over a two-decade span.

Alan Jones has been charged with 24 offences against eight alleged victims spanning between 2001 and 2019, New South Wales Police said. This included 11 counts of aggravated indecent assault against p

Jones, a former coach of Australia's national rugby union team and a speech writer in the office of former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, could not be immediately reached for comment.

Retired Sydney radio broadcaster and former Australian national rugby coach Alan Jones has been charged with multiple sex crimes against males over two decades.

Australian police on Monday charged former radio show host Alan Jones with 24 assault and sexual touching offenses, indictments that followed accusations in a newspaper that Jones had assaulted young men for decades.

New South Wales Police have charged veteran broadcaster Alan Jones with 24 offences after an investigation into alleged indecent assault and sexual touching over two decades. This morning detectives from the child abuse squad executed a search warrant at the 83-year-old's luxury Sydney apartment.

Alan Jones is a former coach of Australia’s national rugby union team and a speech-writer for ex-Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser.

Veteran broadcaster Alan Jones has been taken into custody by New South Wales police following an investigation into allegations of indecent assault and sexual touching – dating back almost 20 years.