Australian police on Monday charged former radio show host Alan Jones with 24 assault and sexual touching offenses, indictments that followed accusations in a newspaper that Jones had assaulted young men for decades.

Alan Jones, Australian rugby’s most successful coach of all time and an influential media figure, was charged on Monday with a string of sexual offences spanning nearly two decades.

Authorities in Australia on Monday arrested and charged veteran radio broadcaster and former national rugby team coach Alan Jones for sexually abusing seven adults and a 17-year-old over a two-decade span.