The Aporia · Alan Jones trial live updates: SMH journalist Kate McClymont returns to witness box in former 2GB broadcaster’s alleged indecent assault, sexual touching trial

Clare Sibthorpe

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🔮 The Sydney Morning Herald’s chief investigative reporter told the mother of a man who has accused Alan Jones of kissing him non-consensually when he was a teen that it was “brilliant” that police were involved and it would be “the nail in the coffin”, a court has heard.

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🔮 McClymont McClymont agreed under cross-examination by Jones’ barrister, Gabrielle Bashir, SC, that one purpose of newspaper reporting may be an attempt to hold individuals and institutions accountable.

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🔮 ‘It will be my word against him and he’s a powerful man.

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🔮 In another exchange, Bashir put to him that he intended to obtain as much financial assistance from Jones as he possibly could.

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🔮 The court heard Jones messaged “A” that it was “very, very important” to thank his contacts for their “extraordinary generosity” and that he wouldn’t want them to think their help was being taken for granted.

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🔮 I survived something that broke parts of me I may never fully get back …

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🔮 Allan would cook for the near-daily prominent guests, serving lunches that became dinners and weekend feasts when Jones was off-air.

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🔮 “I then instructed my solicitors to make contact with the DPP and officer in charge to inform them that I’m willing to assist with a statement regarding Elizabeth’s involvement in the matter.

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Today, The Sydney Morning Herald’s chief investigative reporter, Kate McClymont, returns to the witness box for a second day of evidence. asserted

reporter → return → evidence

Jones, 85, is standing trial on 19 counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual touching without consent against five male complainants between 2003 and 2020. asserted

Jones → stand → 2003

He has pleaded not guilty to the charges and denies the alleged physical acts occurred. asserted

acts → plead → charges

All five complainants have now given evidence in court. asserted

complainants → give → court

McClymont was called to give evidence by the Crown because she spoke to three of the complainants, dubbed “C”, “A” and “H” to protect their identities, when she was investigating allegations against the former broadcaster. asserted

she → call → broadcaster

The Herald published a series of reports by McClymont about Jones in late 2023 and early 2024. asserted

Herald → publish → 2023

Her reporting triggered a police investigation and McClymont gave a statement to police in June 2024. asserted

McClymont → trigger → June

Jones was arrested in November that year. asserted

Jones → arrest → November

During cross-examination on Tuesday by Jones’ barrister, Gabrielle Bashir, SC, McClymont was asked if there was a “profit motive” for newspaper articles. asserted

McClymont → ask → articles

“The story has to sell papers, doesn’t it?” Bashir asked. asserted

Bashir → have → papers

“That’s not my problem, no,” McClymont replied. asserted

McClymont → ’ → ?

“Stories are published to increase the readership of print papers [and] to get clicks online,” Bashir said. asserted

Bashir → publish → clicks

“No,” McClymont replied. asserted

McClymont → reply → ?

Bashir pressed that higher readership numbers encourage advertisers to invest in the newspaper. asserted

numbers → press → newspaper

“As a general proposition, yes, but that is not my role,” McClymont said. asserted

McClymont → say → proposition

McClymont said she did not know what impact her reporting on Jones had on readership figures or subscriptions. asserted

reporting → say → figures

She agreed that Jones is a very public figure in NSW. asserted

Jones → agree → NSW

Alan Jones trial live updates: SMH journalist Kate McClymont returns to witness box in former 2GB broadcaster’s alleged indecent assault, sexual touching trial

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