Alan Jones kiss left 17yo feeling 'violated', court told

A trial has heard Alan Jones grinned after he allegedly kissed and stuck his tongue into the mouth of a 17-year-old schoolboy, who the veteran broadcaster had first started talking to four years earlier.The man, known as Complainant A, is the fifth and final male complainant to give evidence in Mr Jones's NSW Local Court trial.The 85-year-old has pleaded not guilty to 21 counts of indecent assault and sexual touching, relating to alleged incidents between 2003 and 2020.Complainant A said he first contacted Mr Jones when he was 13 by letter, telling the broadcaster about his family's financial and personal struggles, and asking for help.The court heard the pair exchanged emails and text messages for several years, with Mr Jones arranging assistance including more than $90,000 in support for his family.The complainant told the trial after several invitations from Mr Jones, he finally agreed to stay at the radio host's Fitzroy Falls farm in the Southern Highlands when he had just turned 17.He said on his second day at the property, an older male couple came over and the four shared dinner together before they all watched a movie in the living room.The man said after the two guests left, he and Mr Jones were in the hallway near their bedrooms when he went to say goodnight."I said goodnight to Mr Jones and leant in to hug him to thank him for what was a lovely weekend and express my gratitude for the weekend and what he had done," Complainant A said."Mr Jones kissed me and he put his tongue inside of my mouth and then I froze. I didn't do anything."Mr Jones denies the allegations against him. (ABC News: Simon Amery)The then-schoolboy said the kiss continued until Mr Jones placed his hand on his buttocks, and at that point the 17-year-old "recoiled" and stepped backwards."I just said, 'that's enough Alan' and looked up at him and said goodnight," the complainant said.Complainant A said Mr Jones did not reply and "had a grin on his face", which he said made him feel "very uncomfortable".The man told the court he then turned around and went into the ensuite of his bedroom."I went in there [the bathroom] with a loofah, I just soaked it and scrubbed my mouth as much as I could," he said."I felt violated and I felt gross."Concern over financial troublesHe told the court he also felt "terrified" that if he made a scene after the incident that Mr Jones would withdraw the financial support for him and his mother."I was worried… about how I needed to be grateful… and being defiant is not being grateful and making a scene is not being grateful," he said.The complainant said the next morning he saw Mr Jones who had the "same smirk" and that he "wanted to be as far from there as possible".The court heard the boy later said goodbye to Mr Jones before his butler drove the schoolboy home.He said he did not tell his mother about what happened until several days later when she noticed that he was not sleeping at night.Complainant A said he then wrote his mother a letter saying that "something happened at Fitzroy Falls and that "someone did something they shouldn't have" but did not go into explicit detail."To other people, it's probably not that bad and I should just get over it," he said."While I was physically able to stop it from happening, it showed me the power of money."The court heard the boy went to police with his allegation a year after the incident.Emails read at trialAfter the boy's letter to Mr Jones four years earlier, the pair began to correspond by email and text message, with the schoolboy explaining in more detail that his father had left the home and was paying "intermittent" child support, and that the house he and his mother were living in was unfinished after the builder walked off the job."You sound a special sort of young man," Mr Jones responded, and asked the then-teenager for some more information.The court was read emails which suggested over the course of about 12 months, from Complainant A's first letter to Mr Jones, the veteran broadcaster met with some bank contacts to assist in having the family's house remortgaged and $600,000 wiped from their debt."Just between you and me I wrote the proposal that [the lawyer] put to the Commonwealth Bank," Mr Jones told Complainant A in an email."That's between you and me… don't worry your mother."Mr Jones's emails referred to the teenager's "remarkable diligence" at understanding his mother's financial troubles and wanting to help her."You're the most brilliant 13 year old/14 year old I think I've ever met," Mr Jones once wrote to Complainant A.Complainant A told the court after the house was remortgaged, Mr Jones paid some developer friends of his to finish work on the house.After not hearing from Complainant A for several months, the court heard Mr Jones emailed the schoolboy and said that it was "very expensive work" that Mr Jones had paid for, and that he was "happy to foot the bill" but "would appreciate an update".Complainant A emailed back to apologise and said he was trying not to bother the radio host, and that neither he nor his mother took any of the help for granted.Multiple in-person meetingsComplainant A said he first met Mr Jones in person with his mother present, then was invited to meet with Mr Jones alone on at least three other occasions, including at his Circular Quay apartment and at a pub.Mr Jones emailed Complainant A after the pub lunch, asking for more information about how he could assist in finishing the build on the house."You looked wonderful and fresh and bright, I can't believe you're 14 years of age," the email said.About three years after Complainant A had first written to Mr Jones, the court heard Mr Jones began to raise concerns with the boy about the cost of the home building project, which the court heard had reached more than $86,000."This whole cost thing is getting out of hand… at some point I have to say no more," Mr Jones wrote."There can't be an endless dripping tape effect here," Mr Jones wrote in another email.Complainant A responded that he and his mother were happy to make repayments to the broadcaster, but Mr Jones did not agree to that.