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, one of the most powerful radio hosts in Australian history, has been arrested by police following historic allegations of indecent assault and sexual touching, spanning two decades.

The broadcaster and former Wallabies coach has been charged with 24 offences against eight victims after being arrested at his luxury Circular Quay apartment.

Veteran broadcaster Alan Jones is facing dozens of charges after allegedly indecently assaulting a series of victims over a near-20-year period. The 83-year-old, once one of Australia's most powerful media figures,

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.

Famed Australian broadcaster and former Wallabies coach Alan Jones was charged Monday with a string of alleged historical sex crimes, police said, after an investigation into the conservative radio shock jock.

Australian broadcaster Jones, has been charged with aggravated indecent assault, involving seven men and a 17-year-old boy.

Famed Australian broadcaster and former Wallabies coach Alan Jones was charged today with a string of alleged historical sex crimes, police said, after an investigation into the conservative radio shock jock.

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.