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  "id": 8857781,
  "title": "One complainant withdrawn from Alan Jones trial bringing number of alleged victims to five",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/one-complainant-withdrawn-from-alan-jones-trial-bringing-number-of-8857781",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T05:56:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/21/one-complainant-withdrawn-from-alan-jones-trial-bringing-number-of-alleged-victims-to-five-ntwnfb"
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "Court also hears from four people who say they didn’t witness alleged offence against another complainant One of Alan Jones’s accusers has had his allegation withdrawn, with one charge of assault with an act of indecency dramatically dropped from the former broadcaster’s trial. The allegation, dating from 2012 and brought by a complainant pseudonymised as F, was withdrawn by the prosecution in a…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Number of Alan Jones complainants drops from six to five",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/number-of-alan-jones-complainants-drops-from-six-to-five",
        "published": "2026-09-21T05:54:41.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Number of Alan Jones complainants drops from six to five",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/number-of-alan-jones-complainants-drops-from-six-to-five-8856586",
        "published": "2026-09-21T05:54:41.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "One complainant withdrawn from Alan Jones trial bringing number of alleged victims to five",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/one-complainant-withdrawn-from-alan-jones-trial-bringing-number-of",
        "published": "2026-09-21T05:56:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Another indecent assault charge dropped against Alan Jones, amid trial",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/another-indecent-assault-charge-dropped-against-alan-jones-amid-trial",
        "published": "2026-09-21T06:03:50.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}