Reality TV star ‘wanted pilot’s phone’ after crash
A helicopter crash pilot's mobile phone was wanted by reality TV star Matt Wright, who asked an associate to collect it at a hospital, a jury has heard.
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Trial lays bare cowboy chopper ops in croc country
Crocodile eggs, choppers, cover-up claims and cocaine use have been canvassed in evidence during the opening weeks of Outback Wrangler star Matt Wright's trial.
Matt Wright blew up at pilots who went to the pub
After learning his pilots had called off an egg-collecting mission to go to the pub, Matt Wright sent angry texts, before apologising the next day.
Chopper death crash pilot details lies to investigators
Reality TV star Matt Wright asked a seriously injured pilot to manipulate helicopter flying hours after a fatal crash, a court has been told.
Young pilots idolised reality TV star, court told
Despite breaching aviation rules, TV reality star Matt Wright was looked up to by young pilots who readily obeyed his orders, a court has been told.
Crash pilot a ‘cocaine-using party animal’, court told
A jury has heard flight-time meters were regularly disconnected and paperwork falsified for reality TV star Matt Wright's helicopters before a fatal crash.
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‘Felt like forever’: pilot details crash scene at trial
A bush pilot has described the scene after being first to arrive at a fatal helicopter crash at the trial of an Outback Wrangler reality TV star.
Croc egg collector’s tears at reality TV star’s trial
Reality TV star Matt Wright failed to hand over a crashed chopper's maintenance release to air safety agencies and gave orders to "torch it", a jury has heard.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs seeks Trump pardon, lawyer confirms
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' legal team have "reached out" to US President Donald Trump about the possibility of a pardon.
Outback Wrangler star ‘tampered with helicopter dash’
Outback Wrangler star Matt Wright interfered with a helicopter's dashboard at a crash site in an attempt "to cover up previous rule breaking", a jury has heard.
Reality TV star on trial after fatal chopper crash
Years after a fatal helicopter crash, a reality TV star is set to face trial on charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice following delays.
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Diddy to be sentenced on October 3
Sean "Diddy" Combs may ask the judge to set aside his conviction at his sentencing in October.
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Lockdowns, fights as Diddy awaits sentencing in jail
Sean "Diddy" Combs will spend months awaiting sentencing at the notoriously understaffed and violent Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
Captured prison escapee asks court for freedom
A bank robber dubbed the "Postcard Bandit" has asked a court to declare his prison sentence invalid and order his release.
‘Explicit’ sex videos shown as Diddy trial winds down
The prosecution is set to rest in the sex trafficking trial of music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs after 29 days of testimony.
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Diddy’s ex-assistant bought drugs, set up sex parties
The jury at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial has heard his assistant's job included setting up sex parties and scoring drugs.
Diddy unlikely to testify at sex trafficking trial
Hopes of Sean "Diddy" Combs testifying at his sex trafficking trial have faded after his lawyer estimated a defence presentation lasting up to five days.
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Diddy’s trial hears about orgy with ‘famous rapper’
A lawyer for Sean "Diddy" Combs is protesting secrecy at the hip-hop icon's sex trafficking trial after a famous rapper's name went unmentioned.
Judge declares mistrial at Harvey Weinstein rape trial
A judge has been forced to declare a mistrial at Harvey Weinstein's rape case after a juror described being threatened over his vote.
Diddy’s ex sobs as she testifies at his sex trial
An ex-girlfriend of Sean "Diddy" Combs says he made her feel guilty for asking male entertainers to wear condoms during "Freak Offs".
Diddy’s ex-assistant too traumatised to answer his call
Sean "Diddy" Combs' ex-personal assistant was so terrified when she saw the music mogul calling her in late 2023 that she threw her phone across the room.
Second woman tells jury Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs raped her
Sean "Diddy" Combs' former personal assistant has testified that the US hip-hop mogul sexually assaulted her.
Diddy kidnapped me in plot to kill rapper, ex-aide says
A former top aide to Sean "Diddy" Combs has described her harrowing experience of working for him, telling jurors that he threatened to kill her.
‘You should be ashamed’: Weinstein accuser slams lawyer
Former model Kaja Sokola alleges abuse she suffered at the hands of Harvey Weinstein changed the course of her life.
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‘Diddy’ Combs’ ex-girlfriend testifies he raped her
R&B singer Cassie has told a court her ex Sean "Diddy" Combs would often become more violent when she fought back, and that he had raped her.
Kardashian feared she’d be raped, killed, trial told
Kim Kardashian has told a Paris court she feared she would be raped and killed and wouldn't make it back to her "babies" when she was held at gunpoint.
Diddy’s ex Cassie testifies to frequent beatings
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' ex girlfriend testified to "frequent" beatings and being blackmailed to participate in his infamous Freak Offs, the rapper's trial heard.
Justice for murdered teen Cassius as men found guilty
A murdered Indigenous teen identified his killers before he "died for absolutely nothing", his mother says after a jury found three men guilty over the death.
Teen’s murder trial jury retires to deliberate verdicts
After 12 weeks of evidence from dozens of witnesses, the jury at a trial for four people accused of murdering an Indigenous teen has started deliberating.
Self-defence floated at Indigenous teen’s murder trial
A lawyer for one of the people accused of murdering an Indigenous teen has told a jury it could find that his client acted in self-defence when he hit the boy.
Mushroom cook’s ‘lies, panic’ revealed in murders trial
Erin Patterson lied about having cancer and about being sick from the meal she made for three people who died from mushroom poisoning, a jury has heard.