Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
8%
2 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
The Guardian's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
4
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
An executive has testified in a Sydney court that he didn’t react when he was allegedly groped by the talkback titan Alan Jones because he didn’t want to cause a scene.
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he → testify → scene
The fourth alleged victim gave evidence on Tuesday in the trial of the retired broadcaster who has pleaded not guilty to 21 indecent assault and sexual touching charges.
asserted
who → give → charges
One charge was withdrawn on Monday.
asserted
charge → withdraw → Monday
The executive told the court that the only time he ever met Jones was at a event held in Sydney several years ago.
asserted
he → tell → Sydney
He described talking to the then ruler of Sydney’s airwaves and two other men in the corner of a room when he felt Jones’s hand touch his back, move down his spine, and rest on his bottom.
asserted
hand → talk → bottom
The executive said he didn’t know how long Jones’s hand had stayed there but he hadn’t reacted or said anything to the veteran broadcaster.
asserted
he → say → broadcaster
“I didn’t want to cause a scene …
asserted
I → want → scene
I thought that could potentially ruin the night,” he told Downing Centre local court.
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he → think → court
“To be honest, I felt a little bit powerless in that situation.”
asserted
I → feel → situation
He had not done anything to indicate he wanted to be sexually touched by Jones and hadn’t consented to it, the executive said.
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executive → do → it
He told the court he had recounted what happened to his boss that night and had confided in a colleague in the following days.
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what → tell → days
“I said I felt disgusting and powerless and it’s really the first time I have understood what women have been going through for all these years,” the executive said.
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executive → say → years
Jones had sent a thank-you email to him after the event and he had responded but they didn’t see each other again, the court was told.
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court → send → other
Years later, the executive’s colleague sent him a link to a 2023 article about allegations against Jones in the Sydney Morning Herald.
asserted
colleague → send → Herald
He said the article had spurred him to reach out to its author, Kate McClymont, “because of what I’d been through”.
asserted
I → say → what
The executive said he had recounted the alleged groping to McClymont but didn’t authorise her to use the information.
asserted
he → say → information
He was upset when he saw his allegations aired in a later article by the journalist, he told the court.
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he → upset → court
McClymont is scheduled to give evidence later in the trial.
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McClymont → schedule → trial
After speaking to the journalist, the executive made a statement to police, the court heard on Tuesday.
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court → speak → Tuesday
Jones was charged with one count of sexual touching without consent against the executive, which he has denied.
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he → charge → which
The executive is the fourth of five complainants to testify against Jones and has elected to face the broadcaster in person.
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executive → testify → person
The former Wallabies coach has pleaded not guilty to 19 charges of indecent assault and two charges of sexual touching without consent against five men.
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coach → plead → men
A charge of indecent assault against a 17-year-old boy was withdrawn and dismissed at the prosecution’s request on Monday.
asserted
charge → withdraw → Monday
Jones argues that all of the allegations – which date from 2003 to the end of his highly influential 35-year broadcasting career in 2020 – have all been concocted.
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which → argue → 2020
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