Alan Jones arrested: What happens next? [Video]

At a press conference held in the hours after Jones’ arrest, NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Michael Fitzgerald said the newspaper reports “did result in victims coming forward”, but “a number of witnesses have been assisting police over the years”.

Fitzgerald commended the investigators for their “tenacity and hard work”, noting “historical matters such as this are incredibly hard to investigate”. He also commended the “victims” for their “bravery in coming forward”.

Jones’ lawyer Chris Murphy was quick to respond to Fitzgerald’s remarks.

“I want to add a comment that I think it’s totally contemptible of the assistant commissioner of police to be praising the witnesses who he might like to call ‘victims’,” Murphy said. “This is a matter for a courtroom and I believe that he is in terrible breach doing that.”

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Murphy stressed that …