Radio veteran Alan Jones has vowed to resume his broadcasting career after returning to Australia.
In a video released by Mr Jones, 82, he said that he planned to get back behind the microphone but had been prevented by a fresh wave of health concerns.
Last year Mr Jones was the subject of a series of stories in Nine Newspapers alleging that he preyed on young men during his career.
At the time his lawyers described the allegations as “demonstrably false” and Mr Jones again reiterated his denial in a five-minute video released on Sunday.
“I’m not going to dwell here on the allegations made about me other than I refute them entirely and the inferences associated with them,” Mr Jones said.
“But the get-Jones campaign is nothing new in my life.”
Mr Jones has not been charged by police.
Just before Christmas, the former 2GB star and Wallabies coach departed Sydney for London.
And he said he went to England as part of a longstanding promise to his 21-year-old godson to see the “best of London’s West End theatres”.
“My absence is not what has been suggested by some in the media,” Mr Jones said.
He denied that he was in London to “seek help” from protégé Jake Thrupp, who Mr Jones said was in Bali for most of his trip.
He said he had intended to get back on air, via online platform ADH TV, in February however health issues had thrown a spanner in the works.
“I have every intention of returning to broadcasting eventually, it is what I do,” Mr Jones said.
“My work has been my life. I could have retired but as I’ve often said ‘if you stop, you drop’.”
But he said plans to return to work had been delayed because of fresh health concerns, having been pictured in the recent past using a walking stick, adding he had been putting off surgery for some time.
He said he had been 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 had been referred to a surgeon after his health had been rated as “poor”.
And that he had been advised to stop working immediately until his health issues had been addressed.
“I have suffered no mental ageing, but I am living with two choices – constant pain where painkillers become totally ineffective or powerful medication with side effects including loss of agility and movement and erratic sleep,” Mr Jones said.