Former ABC radio star-turned podcaster Josh Szeps says he does not consider himself a victim of sexual assault despite the alleged incidents during his time as a producer.
Prominent broadcaster and podcaster Josh Szeps has defended radio star Alan Jones despite revealing that the 83-year-old made repeated physical advances towards him as a young producer on his radio show, including trying to kiss him and touch his genitals.
Jones has been charged with 11 counts of aggravated indecent assault, 11 counts of assault with an act of indecency, two counts of sexually touching another person without their consent, and two counts of common assault.James Brickwood “We ought to temper our righteous fury against the perpetrators of crimes, with a recognition that they are in part products of their environment,” Szeps said. “One of the reasons why they behave they do is because they come from a particular place in a particular time.”
Szeps did not name the station he was working for when the alleged incidents occurred. Jones defected from 2UE to 2GB in 2001. “And now we have the balls to pontificate about what an evil man he is for allegedly not expressing his sexuality respectfully and conventionally according to the proper norms according to the club that we spent his entire life excluding him from,” Szeps said.
Men’s rights activist Bettina Arndt used the comments section of the podcast episode to describe Szeps’ commentary as “nuanced and intelligent”.
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