Australian police on Monday charged former radio show host Alan Jones with 24 assault and sexual touching offenses, indictments that followed accusations in a newspaper that Jones had assaulted young men for decades.

Authorities in Australia on Monday arrested and charged veteran radio broadcaster and former national rugby team coach Alan Jones for sexually abusing seven adults and a 17-year-old over a two-decade span.

SYDNEY: Former Australian rugby coach and star broadcaster Alan Jones was arrested on Monday (Nov 18) for alleged "sexual touching offences", police said. Detectives from a dedicated child abuse squad arrested Jones while executing a search warrant at his luxury Sydney Harbour apartment.