The retired radio host, who was granted bail after being arrested, was accused of abusing eight victims over nearly 20 years.

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.

Alan Jones, the veteran Australian radio broadcaster, has been charged with two dozen offences of sexual and indecent assault. The 83-year-old was taken into custody at his Sydney apartment early on Monday morning,

Veteran Australian broadcaster Alan Jones was charged on Monday with two dozen offenses of sexual and indecent assault.

Alan Jones, 83, was arrested and charged with 14 sexual offenses spanning two decades in Sydney on Monday, Nov. 18, the New South Wales Police announced in a news release.

Child Abuse Squad detectives arrest veteran broadcaster Alan Jones at his Sydney apartment following an investigation into alleged indecent assault and sexual touching offences spanning two decades.

Alan Jones has been charged by police over allegations the radio broadcaster and former Wallabies coach indecently assaulted, groped or inappropriately touched young men spanning two decades.

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