Grace Tame has asked her followers to refrain from commenting on Alan Jones ahead of his trial, so as not to prejudice the case.
Australia’s advocate for sexual assault survivors has fallen silent after Jones was charged with 26 offenses involving nine alleged victims this week.
Now Tame, 29, has revealed why he keeps his mouth shut.
On Tuesday he took to social media to share a Crikey News op-ed titled: “If you want Alan Jones to be tried fairly, shut up!”
The article, which Tame appeared to endorse, said it was important to preserve Jones’ presumption of innocence to avoid prejudice to jurors.
Otherwise, the trial could be forced to be postponed or even aborted.
“The courts view this sort of thing with great disdain and no small amount of frustration,” he said.
Jones, 83, was arrested on Monday morning at his Circular Quay apartment and taken to Day Street police station in Sydney’s financial district after detectives searched his home.
His charges included 11 counts of aggravated indecent assault – victim under the authority of offender, nine counts of assault with an indecent act, two counts of sexually touching another person without consent, two counts of common assault.
Australian advocate for sexual assault survivors remained silent after Jones was charged
Tame seemed to back Bradley’s view that Jones was better off ‘shut up’
The youngest of the alleged victims was 17 years old at the time, while another is a former Olympic athlete.
On Tuesday morning, police revealed that Jones had been charged with two additional charges of assault with an act of indecency in relation to a ninth alleged victim, bringing the total number of charges he faces to 26.
Also on Tuesday, former 2GB employees revealed how Jones was “regarded as a god” at the prominent Sydney radio station and considered “untouchable”.
Jones hosted the breakfast between 2002 and 2020 and one staff member told Daily Mail Australia there was a “culture of fear” where staff were “constantly walking on eggshells”.
Tame is also a long-distance runner and aspires to go to the Olympic Games
Grace Tame has worked to raise awareness about child sexual abuse unrelated to the allegations in the Jones case.
She was groomed and sexually assaulted by her teacher Nicolaas Bester, 58, when she was 15 when she was a student at St Michael’s Collegiate Girls’ School in Hobart.
Bester was later found guilty and imprisoned.
In 2021, Tame was named Australian of the Year for her activism.
She is the founder of the Grace Tame Foundation, which helps fund initiatives to prevent and respond to child sexual abuse.
Tame is also a distance runner – this week she revealed she runs a whopping 100km a week and admitted she would “love to go to the Olympics”.
She sprinted around the track at the Great Ocean Road Running Festival in May, to become the first female competitor to cross the finish line in the 60km ultramarathon.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Tame for comment.