Radio veteran Alan Jones has vowed to resume his broadcasting career after returning to Australia.
In a video released by the 82-year-old Jones, he said he planned to get back behind the microphone but was prevented from doing so by a new wave of health problems.
Last year, Mr Jones was the subject of a series of stories in Nine Newspapers alleging he had preyed on young men during his career.
At the time, his lawyers described the allegations as “demonstrably false” and Mr Jones reiterated his denial in a five-minute video released on Sunday.
“I will not elaborate here on the allegations made about me, other than to fully refute them and the inferences attached to them,” Mr 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.
The former 2GB star and Wallabies coach left Sydney for London just before Christmas.
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 is being suggested by some in the media,” Jones said.
He denied he was in London to “seek help” from protégé Jake Thrupp, who Jones said was in Bali for most of his trip.
He said he planned to return to air in February, via the online platform ADH TV, but health problems threw a spanner in the works.
“I plan to eventually return to broadcasting, that’s what I do,” Jones said.
Last year, Mr Jones was the subject of a series of stories in Nine Newspapers alleging he had preyed on young men during his career. At the time, his lawyers described the allegations as “demonstrably false” and Mr Jones reiterated his denial 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 lose weight’.”
But he said plans to return to work had been postponed due to new health concerns after he was photographed using a walking stick in the recent past, adding that he had been putting off the operation for some time.
He said he was 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 was referred to a surgeon after his health was assessed as ‘poor’.
And that he was advised to stop working immediately until his health problems were resolved.
“I have not aged mentally, but I live with two choices: constant pain where painkillers become completely ineffective, or powerful medication with side effects including loss of dexterity and movement and irregular sleep,” Mr Jones said.