{
  "id": 9479344,
  "title": "Alan Jones welcomed prominent athlete to luxury home with ‘hug and slap on the bottom’, former butler tells court",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/alan-jones-welcomed-prominent-athlete-to-luxury-home-with-hug-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-24T03:33:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/sep/24/alan-jones-trial-butler-evidence-athlete-welcomed-with-slap-on-bottom-ntwnfb"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A former butler for prominent Australian radio personality Alan Jones has testified in court that Jones would welcome athletes to his luxury harbourside apartment with a \"hug and a slap on the bottom\". David Allan, who served Jones for nearly two decades, testified in the Downing Centre court that he worked as Jones's household manager for 18 and a half years until August 2019. During his testimony, Allan revealed that Jones, who is 85 years old, pleaded not guilty to 21 charges of indecent assault and sexual touching, including two involving a prominent athlete.",
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      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Jones greeted athlete with 'slap on the bottom', ex-butler tells court",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/jones-greeted-athlete-with-slap-on-the-bottom-ex-butler-tells-court",
        "published": "2026-09-24T03:09:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "Alan Jones welcomed prominent athlete to luxury home with ‘hug and slap on the bottom’, former butler tells court",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/alan-jones-welcomed-prominent-athlete-to-luxury-home-with-hug-and-9481480",
        "published": "2026-09-24T03:33:36.000Z"
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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."
}