The mother of the youngest complainant in Alan Jones’s Sydney trial told the Downing Centre she continued corresponding with the broadcaster after her 17-year-old son allegedly encountered sexual conduct at Jones’s Fitzroy Falls property. She said she had come to rely on Jones for advice and financial assistance, describing the relationship as a “web of dependency” and saying she feared he could withdraw his support.
The mother said Jones had been helping with serious financial problems, including repairs to her home, and had paid about $100,000 toward those repairs. She told the court she continued communicating with him after her son allegedly reported that Jones kissed him, put his tongue in his mouth and touched him on the bottom. Her son had earlier told the court he felt violated after the alleged incident during a two-night stay at the Southern Highlands property.
Under cross-examination, defence barrister Claire O’Neill suggested the mother’s messages were intended to secure further financial help, including payment of legal bills. The mother rejected that suggestion. She acknowledged writing to Jones about her son’s university application, a superannuation payment, outstanding legal fees and a possible Sydney Cricket Ground membership, and she also sent information about Land Rover repairs. She denied that the messages were attempts to obtain money and rejected allegations that she had lied or exploited Jones’s generosity.
The mother said she had trusted Jones because he appeared interested in her son and had presented himself as an informed mentor. After her son returned from Fitzroy Falls, she noticed a change in his mood and sleep, and he later gave her a note referring to feeling violated by a sexual incident at the property. She said he declined to report the matter, believing it would be his word against that of a powerful man. The mother told the court she eventually gave police a statement in May 2024 and provided the note to an investigator in December 2025.
Jones, 85, has pleaded not guilty to 21 charges of indecent assault and sexual touching involving five men alleged to have been targeted between 2003 and 2020. All five complainants have completed their evidence, but the trial continues before Judge Glenn Walsh without a jury. Earlier accounts of the proceedings said prosecutors expected the trial to involve more than 70 witnesses and continue for months; the court has not yet reached a verdict.