‘I want to kiss you for hours’: Jones’ texts to ex-athlete revealed

Alan Jones allegedly sent a former athlete weekly flowers for years and arranged for a helicopter to fly him to his rural property before kissing him non-consensually, including at a function in Sydney.

Complainant “M”, the third of six complainants in Jones’ criminal trial, testified on Monday that the broadcaster kissed him at the event about a decade ago before texting him that night: “I love you, I hope you can feel my kisses darling xxxx.”

“M” had told the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney that Jones texted words to the effect of “I would like to be kissing you all night” before he was shown a printout of messages from his phone.

The former athlete said Jones kissed “close to my lips, not on the cheek, the side of my lips, and it was on my way back to the table” after he appeared on stage at the event.

“I recall thinking, like, ‘f---, what just happened? Why would he do that?’” he said.

“I think I froze at that time,” he said. “I didn’t understand why it was happening, and there’s no reason to suggest why in this public situation you’d kiss someone this way.”

One attendee at the event told the court last week that he did not witness the alleged kiss.

The court heard that Jones texted “M” after the function: “Great to see you. Sorry I didn’t catch up after … You looked great. I love you, I hope you can feel my kisses darling xxxx.”

“M” replied: “Nice to see you too. I had a very long day today and I am pleased to be in bed now. Thanks mate xoxo.”

The conversation ended with “M” saying “let me know when we can catch up” and “lots of love” and Jones replying: “I will darling. Big kisses forever.”

“I recall my hesitancy in responding, [thinking] that I don’t want this to continue,” he said.

The man said he mentioned catching up again with Jones because he wanted him “just to go away”.

Jones, 85, is standing trial on 20 counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual touching without consent relating to six male complainants over a 17-year period from 2003 to 2020.

The former 2GB broadcaster denies any of the physical acts alleged by the complainants occurred.