Alan Jones, a retired controversial Australian talk radio host, was arrested on Monday in Sydney and charged with nearly two dozen counts of sexual abuse.

       Mr. Jones, 83, has faced accusations of abuse in the past and has denied them. On Monday, the New South Wales police said that he had abused eight people between 2001 and 2019, the youngest of whom was 17 at the time of the abuse. He faces charges including aggravated indecent assault and sexually touching another person without consent.

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