Accuser can't scrub alleged Alan Jones kiss from memory

A prominent athlete is adamant he was kissed by Alan Jones, telling the talkback titan's trial he can't erase it from his memory.

He faced the 85-year-old from across a Sydney courtroom for a third day as he described being kissed without his consent at a sporting event attended by a large crowd.

Under cross-examination by Jones's barrister, the sportsman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, accepted there were discrepancies between his multiple statements to police and his evidence in court.

He agreed he previously testified he "froze" when Jones had kissed him on the side of his lips, but hadn't mentioned either freezing or lips in police statements.

But the sportsman said he had gestured towards his lips when making a police statement but it was not recorded by officers.

Gabrielle Bashir SC painstakingly questioned him about where he and her client had been positioned at the function, before suggesting the kiss between the pair didn't happen.

"I know the kiss happened because I can't get it out of my memory," the athlete insisted.

"What I may not be able to give is who was sitting at my table and at which direction something may have happened."

He said Ms Bashir was wrong to suggest the kiss couldn't have occurred in any of the ways he described.

The sportsman told the court he had agonised over how to respond to a glowing message Jones sent after the function, telling him he was "beautiful tonight" and asking to catch up.

He agreed with Ms Bashir that he could have easily not responded but said he felt apprehensive about the situation.

"I wanted the kiss that happened to have never happened," he told the court.

The well-known athlete responded twice, telling Jones: "let me know when we can catch up. Lots of love."

He alleges Jones kissed him without consent for a second time when they were at the broadcaster's Circular Quay apartment years later.