Alan Jones has been accused of indecently touching nine alleged victims at public locations such as the Opera House and a lower north shore restaurant, as well as inside lifts at the 84-year-old’s former workplace and his homes throughout Sydney and NSW.

The newly emerged details relate to alleged victims the former broadcaster was already charged over, but provide further information about the exact places and circumstances of the accusations.

The details of the allegations were outlined in updated court documents tendered in Jones’ indecent assault and sexual touching case, as it was revealed the matter will not be heard before a jury and two complainants will no longer be involved in the case.

On Thursday, John Maddison Tower Local Court also heard some charges against Jones had been downgraded or amended, with the factor of aggravation removed from several counts.

Strike Force Bonnefin was established to investigate the former teacher and Wallabies coach following a major investigation by The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

Jones was initially charged with dozens of offences and now faces 27 counts, as the number of complainants dropped from 11 to nine. He faces 25 counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual touching. It comes days after nine charges were added.

His high-profile solicitor, Bryan Wrench, told the court that the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) had decided the matters would not be heard in front of a jury – as they previously said would happen – but would instead be dealt with in the local court.

He described this decision as a “backflip” made with two days’ notice, and said Jones had been “ready from day dot” to present his case to the jury.

Jones was excused from attending as his matter was briefly heard and did not appear at court.

Earlier court documents seen by this masthead showed the allegations of indecent assault at that time included fondling penises, stroking thighs and squeezing bottoms. He was also accused of pulling a man’s scrotum and masturbating during one alleged indecent assault.

Jones was accused of committing the crimes at his former Newtown home, his harbourside apartment, his farm at Fitzroy Falls in the Southern Highlands, Tamworth in northern NSW and other Sydney spots.

However, on Thursday, further details emerged about the allegations against Jones in updated court attendance notices.

These documents allege that one complainant was assaulted five times at Jones’ Fitzroy Falls residence in 2004 by being kissed on the lips, having his robe undone and his underpants removed, Jones rubbing his penis against his own and touching and squeezing the complainant’s penis while masturbating.

That same man was allegedly assaulted while driving Jones to the Fitzroy Falls home and twice in Jones’ Sydney home in 2003.

In 2008, Jones allegedly assaulted a man three times at a Kiama restaurant, including having “stroked” him “on the front and back of his thigh on the outside of his clothing”, “patted” him “on the bottom on the outside of his clothing” and “pushed his body against the back of the complainant’s body, touching [his] penis on the outside of their clothing and pulling their penis”.

Also in 2008, Jones allegedly assaulted another man twice while being driven home from work, kissed him in the lift of his Sydney home three times and twice in the lift of his workplace, and touched his penis on the outside of his clothing at Gunners Barracks restaurant in Mosman.

In 2012, Jones allegedly assaulted another complainant at a Sydney function, touching and squeezing their bottom outside their clothing. Police say Jones “touched and grabbed” another man’s bottom at a Tamworth event in late 2013.

Jones is accused of rubbing another man’s leg “up towards his crotch” during a performance at Sydney Opera House in 2014. Five years later, he allegedly touched another complainant “on the back and bottom” during a Sydney event.

Another man was allegedly assaulted in 2015 by being kissed on the corner of his mouth at a Sydney event, and again between 2018 and 2020 at Jones’ Sydney residence, when the broadcaster is accused of “pushing his body, including his genitalia, against the complainant’s upper inner thigh”.

At court on Thursday, Wrench said two original complainants would no longer be involved.

“There are no charges relating to the suggestion of aggravated indecent assault,” he said, adding there was “no suggestion … that he had these complainants under his authority”.

Wrench entered not guilty pleas to all current charges on behalf of Jones.

An ODPP prosecutor told the court the local court hearing would take at least six weeks, while Wrench estimated it would take four to five months.

Deputy Chief Magistrate Sharon Freund said local courts were “not set up to deal with” a multi-month trial.

Jury trials are heard in higher jurisdictions than the local courts, where hearings are presided over by a magistrate. Local courts cannot issue penalties as harsh as those that can be handed down in higher courts.

There was no explanation heard in court as to why two victims were no longer part of the prosecution’s case.

Jones has vigorously denied all allegations.

He was arrested at his luxury harbourside apartment in Circular Quay last November.

Speaking to journalists outside court after his first appearance in December, he said he was “certainly not guilty” and would “be presenting my account to a jury” about the “baseless” or distorted allegations.

At an earlier appearance in May, Wrench said “some of the witnesses [mentioned in the brief of evidence] said they had never seen Mr Jones engage in any sexually inappropriate behaviour at all”.

Jones announced his retirement from radio station 2GB in May 2020.

The matter will next be heard on November 11 to fix a hearing date.

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