85岁的前2GB电台主播艾伦·琼斯因对6名男性提出的指控在悉尼地方法院受审1。琼斯否认所有指控，其中包括20项不当侵犯罪名和2项非共识性触摸罪名，涉及2003年至2020年间的指控1。
琼斯的长期同事雷·哈德利在法庭作为证人继续接受盘问1。控方律师质询哈德利是否因觊觎琼斯在2GB的晨间节目时段而鼓励指控者作证1。哈德利在2018年末签署了一份秘密合同，于2019年7月接管琼斯的晨间时段，薪资翻倍至400万美元1。
控方指出，哈德利在2023年12月发给投诉人C的短信中表示"那个混蛋读到早上的报道时会蜷缩成一团。这已经酝酿了50年"1，并在同月另一条短信中写道"我不会停息，直到我们埋葬他"，后来澄清"我们"指的是他和调查记者凯特·麦克莱蒙特1。哈德利还在2019年底向投诉人C的短信中写道"这家伙需要被摧毁"1。
法官格伦·沃尔什下令由警务人员调查哈德利与任何记者之间关于其证词的电话联系1。
Alan Jones, an 85-year-old former 2GB radio broadcaster, is standing trial in Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court on 22 counts of indecent assault and sexual touching involving six male complainants spanning from 2003 to 2020 1. Jones denies all allegations against him 1.
Ray Hadley, Jones's long-time colleague, has returned to the witness stand for additional cross-examination 1. Prosecutors have questioned whether Hadley encouraged complainants to come forward in order to secure Jones's morning program slot for himself 1. A secret contract signed by Hadley in late 2018 allowed him to take over Jones's 2GB morning time slot from July 2019, with his salary doubling to A$4 million under the agreement 1.
Text messages between Hadley and one complainant reveal the extent of his communications during the investigation. In December 2023, Hadley wrote to complainant C: "That bastard will curl up into a ball when he reads the morning reports. This has been brewing for 50 years" 1. In another message from the same month, Hadley stated: "I won't stop until we bury him," later clarifying that "we" referred to himself and investigative journalist Kate McClymont 1. In late 2019, Hadley wrote to the same complainant: "This guy needs to be destroyed" 1.
Judge Glenn Walsh has ordered police to investigate any phone communications between Hadley and journalists regarding his testimony 1.
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