# Alan Jones welcomed prominent athlete with ‘hug and slap on the bottom’, former butler tells court

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- The Guardian, 2026-09-24 03:33 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/sep/24/alan-jones-trial-butler-evidence-athlete-welcomed-with-slap-on-bottom-ntwnfb

> Alan Jones’s former butler, David Allan, told a Sydney court that the broadcaster routinely greeted a prominent athlete with “a hug and a slap on the bottom” and called him “champion”. Jones, 85, has pleaded not guilty to 21 charges of indecent assault and sexual touching, including two involving the athlete.