Radio titans Ray Hadley and Alan Jones heading for courtroom showdown

Alan Jones is expected to come face-to-face with former 2GB stablemate and rival Ray Hadley in a Sydney court on Tuesday.

Mr Jones, 85, is facing trial in Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court where he is fighting a string of charges relating to allegations made by six male complainants.

He had pleaded not guilty to 20 counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual touching and has continuously denied all the allegations made against him.

One man, who can only be known as Complainant C, has told a court that Mr Jones repeatedly kissed him and touched him on the penis on the outside of his clothing.

During his evidence to the court last month, C said he broke down while confiding his allegations to Mr Hadley in October 2019.

The court has been told that Mr Hadley was expected to be the next witness to give evidence to the court following the conclusion of one of Mr Jones’ former producers, James Willis.

C previously told the court that in 2019, Mr Hadley told him columnist and author Peter FitzSimons was researching allegations about Mr Jones.

C told the court at that while he confided his allegations about Mr Jones to Mr Hadley, Mr FitzSimons called Mr Hadley, who handed him the phone.

The man told Mr FitzSimons that Mr Jones had kissed and touched him and he declined an offer to tell his story publicly, C told the court last month.

The man said that Mr Hadley “asked if I was okay” before he “broke down crying”.

“I broke down and I said ‘he’s a f***ing grub, he used to grab me on the cock, he used to kiss me’,” C told the court.

“Ray just listened. I just broke down sobbing. I said ‘he’s a f*ing c*, he’s just a c***’.”

The court has heard that by 2019, relations were strained between Mr Hadley and Mr Jones.

During his cross-examination, C denied coming forward to benefit Mr Hadley.