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Radio veteran Alan Jones has vowed to resume his broadcasting career after returning to Australia.
In a video released by Mr. Jones, 82, said he planned to get back behind the microphone but had been prevented by a new wave of health concerns.
Last year Mr Jones was the subject of a series of stories in Nine Newspapers alleging he preyed on young men during his career.
At the time, his lawyers described the allegations as “provably false” and Mr Jones again repeated his denials in a five-minute video released on Sunday.
“I will not dwell here on the allegations that have been made about me, other than to completely refute them and the inferences associated with them,” Jones said.
‘But the get-Jones campaign is nothing new in my life.’
Radio veteran Alan Jones has vowed to resume his broadcasting career after returning to Australia
Mr. Jones has not been charged by police.
Just before Christmas, the former 2GB star and Wallabies coach traveled from Sydney to London.
And he said he went to England as part of a long-standing promise to his 21-year-old godson to see the ‘best of London’s West End theatres’.
“My absence is not what has been suggested by some in the media,” Mr Jones said.
He denied he was in London to ‘seek help’ from protégé Jake Thrupp, who Mr Jones said was in Bali for most of his trip.
He said he had intended to come back on air through the online platform ADH TV in February, but health issues had thrown a spanner in the works.
“I have every intention of returning to broadcasting eventually, that’s what I’m doing,” Mr Jones said.
Last year Mr Jones was the subject of a series of stories in Nine Newspapers alleging he preyed on young men during his career. At the time, his lawyers described the allegations as “provably false” and Mr Jones again repeated his denials in a five-minute video released on Sunday
‘My work has been my life. I could have retired, but as I have often said, ‘if you quit, you quit’.
But he said plans to return to work had been delayed by fresh health problems, having been pictured using a walking stick in recent times, adding that he had been putting off surgery for some time.
He said he had been urged to address issues including “traumatic pain”,
“It required a home visit where (his doctor) recommended medication and appropriate medical intervention,” Mr Jones said.
He said he had been referred to a surgeon after his health was assessed as “poor”.
And that he had been advised to stop working immediately until his health problems were resolved.
“I don’t suffer from mental ageing, but I live with two choices – constant pain where pain medication becomes totally ineffective or powerful medication with side effects including loss of flexibility and movement and erratic sleep,” Mr Jones said.