A prominent athlete recently testified in court that he felt "shocked and embarrassed" when media personality Alan Jones kissed him on the corner of his mouth during a public event, according to the trial taking place at Sydney's Downing Centre. The incident occurred years after Jones had started sending him weekly bouquets of flowers, following a compliment the athlete made about the flowers on Jones’s dining table. The athlete explained that Jones’s driver delivered the flowers to his home each week. This is the first day of evidence from the third alleged victim, referred to in court as complainant M, whose case involves two of the 22 charges of indecent assault and sexual touching that Jones faces. Jones has denied all the allegations. The athlete described the kiss as happening while he was walking across a large event room to return to his table. He said he did not respond at the time and later expressed, "I was shocked and embarrassed and I knew I did not want to be there." He also said he might have frozen in that moment and felt disbelief about the situation. The athlete said that after the dinner, Jones texted him with a message that included the phrase, "I would like to be kissing you all night." When asked by prosecutor Georgina Wright SC if he had consented to being kissed in that manner, the athlete answered no. The athlete testified that he had been interviewed by Jones multiple times when he was a young athlete and later developed a friendship that included visiting Jones's apartment in Macquarie Street, Circular Quay, for meals. He said Jones was always introduced to him in a "complimentary" and "flattering" way, which made him feel "awkward and uncomfortable" because of the intensity of the praise. Jones would greet him with a hug and a kiss on the cheek, using terms like "champion" and "beautiful man." The court heard that Jones once texted the alleged victim with words to the effect: "If someone hasn't told you, let me be the person who tells you that you're special." The athlete said it was flattering at first but later "got uncomfortable" because not even his parents spoke to him that way. The first time he had a meal at the apartment, he complimented the tableware and later received a set of the same tableware from Jones. The athlete also mentioned a visit to Jones's Fitzroy Falls farm with his roommate, where he broke down and cried about his financial difficulties. Jones offered to help and arranged a meeting at his apartment—known as the Toaster—between the bank, his agent, and his accountant. The trial continues.