00:02An extraordinarily powerful broadcaster and alleged groomer.
00:07That's how a former colleague described Alan Jones in court today.
00:11Complainant C alleges he was in his early 20s when the talkback host kissed and touched him without consent multiple
00:18times,
00:19in a lift as well as at work and in a car in 2008.
00:24Today he was defending flirtatious messages he sent Mr Jones years later.
00:30The trial heard C sent the broadcaster a message in 2015 saying,
00:34Listening to your voice at work, missing you. Lots of love always. P.S. I'm a bachelor again.
00:40Followed by a reference to his penis. Mr Jones replied, I need to see.
00:46The court heard C agreed to drive Mr Jones home from work in 2018,
00:51later responding to a text from the radio host who asked for a hug.
00:55Loved spending time with you today. Unexpected. Would love to have hugged you too.
01:01Followed by a winking face, an eggplant emoji, which he said referred to an explicit comment Mr Jones made in
01:08the car.
01:09C said these messages are consistent with someone who had been groomed for 10 years,
01:15to think that was an acceptable way to talk to him.
01:18The complainant rejected more than 20 separate suggestions from the defence that he fabricated his accusations.
01:25He also dismissed a claim from Mr Jones' barrister that he held the power over the broadcaster to expose his
01:33intimate messages.
01:34Did you groom your former colleague, Mr Jones?
01:36C told the court he reluctantly invited Mr Jones to his wedding and accepted his $2,000 gift.
01:43You are the Chief of Navy Accountants.
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