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Herald Sun
5 hours ago
- Herald Sun
Outback Wrangler Matt Wright offered chopper crash survivor's family $10K
An Aussie reality television star offered the family of his paraplegic pilot $10,000 to help during his recovery in the wake of a catastrophic chopper crash, a court has been told. The mother of Sebastian Robinson has accused Netflix and Apple TV reality star Matt Wright of pressuring her 28-year-old son to manipulate flight records after the helicopter crash on February 28, 2022. Mr Robinson was the sole survivor after a Robinson R-44 crashed into a paperbark swamp over the King River, Arnhem Land during a crocodile egg collecting mission, killing his friend and 34-year-old father, Chris 'Willow' Wilson. Croc egg collector Chris Wilson was killed, while his pilot Sebastian Robinson was critically injured in a helicopter crash on the King River, West Arnhem on February 28. Their boss and the star of 'Outback Wrangler' and 'Wild Croc Territory' Mr Wright has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice. It is alleged Mr Wright knew the helicopter should never have flown that morning, as it had overrun a 2200 flight hour maintenance requirement. Mr Robinson, along with his brother, uncle and mother have all alleged Mr Wright visited Brisbane Hospital to ask the critically injured pilot to move 'a few hours' from the crashed helicopter's records to his personal R-44. On Wednesday, Mr Robinson's mother confirmed Mr Wright offered her family $10,000 to help with their bills during his first visit on March 11. 'That is another example of how he was trying to help you, your family and Sebastian, wasn't it?' Mr Wright's senior defence counsel David Edwardson asked. 'No,' she replied. Pilot Sebastian Robinson during filming of Kane Chenoweth's documentary Sky Cowboy in February 2022. Mr Robinson's mother said they declined Mr Wright's $10,000 offer, saying 'we told him we didn't want it'. Ms Chellingworth's diary records claimed on that same visit, 'Matt Wright came in today and tried to persuade Seb to put hours on his helicopter'. Over two days of evidence, Mr Edwardson has accused Ms Chellingworth and her two sons of putting 'your heads together and made these false allegations against Mr Wright'. She denied Mr Edwardson's accusations she forged her diary records. Seb Robinson's mother Noelene Chellingworth approaching the Supreme Court in Darwin, giving evidence at the trial of Outback Wrangler Matt Wright on Wednesday August 20. Picture: NewsWire / Pema Tamang Pakhrin The jury heard Mr Wright had not covered any of Mr Robinson's medical expenses and he has been unable to access worker's compensation. In emotional testimony, his mother recounted how doctors initially told her that her son was 'unlikely to survive that night'. The Darwin mother described the relief, and then grief as her son woke up from his coma only to be told he would never walk again. 'I was so devastated,' Ms Chellingworth said through tears on Wednesday. 'I said to God: 'Why? You let me have a quadriplegic brother that I cared for for 20 years, and now I've got a paraplegic son'. 'He must have given it to me because I could handle it.' She said her son was an adventurous, active and outdoorsy young man who had been crocodile egg collecting for almost a decade, but after the crash Mr Robinson faced the real prospect he would never work again. 'He wasn't going to be dropped in a wheelchair to collect eggs, was he?' prosecutor Jason Gullaci said. Ms Chellingworth said following the crash she got legal advice, but was told her son could not receive any workers' compensation as he was an independent contractor, rather than Mr Wright's employee. Seb Robinson's mother Noelene Chellingworth approaching the Supreme Court in Darwin, giving evidence at the trial of Outback Wrangler Matt Wright on Wednesday August 20. Picture: NewsWire / Pema Tamang Pakhrin The jury was shown two versions of invoices from Mr Robinson for his Wet Season flights, prepared by Ms Chellingworth after the crash. The first invoice detailed each individual flight Mr Robinson took that egg collecting season, which Ms Chellingworth said she sent to Wild Harvest NT director Mick Burns. A second $21,500 bill was then sent to Mr Wright, only providing monthly totals for the flights. Ms Chellingworth's diary included an entry on March 13 alleging it was Mr Wright who asked her to re-invoice the bill with less detail for her son's egg collecting season. 'Matt doesn't want days on his invoice, only monthly totals,' Ms Chellingworth wrote. She denied Mr Edwardson's accusations she forged that diary note and only filed the second invoice to Mr Wright 'in the hope that you might be able to claim workers' compensation under his insurance policy'. The trial continues. Originally published as Outback Wrangler Matt Wright offered paraplegic pilot Seb Robinson's family $10,000 in hospital visit, court told
Perth Now
5 hours ago
- Perth Now
Jussie Smollett felt 'emasculated' after making hate crime allegations
Jussie Smollett felt "extremely emasculated" after his hate crime scandal. The Empire star has alleged he was the victim of a hate crime in 2019, but got sentenced to 150 days in jail in March 2022 after being found guilty of lying about being a victim of a racist and homophobic attack and making a false police report. His convictions were overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court after his legal team lodged an appeal. The 43-year-old actor felt like he was being "eulogised" online in the immediate aftermath of his original allegations. In Netflix's upcoming documentary The Truth About Jussie Smollett?, he said: "I felt like I had died, and I was alive to see — and what people were saying was so kind, but it was too much for me. "It made me very uncomfortable. It made me extremely embarrassed. It made me feel extremely emasculated." Smollett has always maintained his innocence, insisting "there was no hoax" and that he was the target of a hate crime. In a lengthy statement explaining why he decided to settle, Smollett penned: 'Over six years ago, after it was reported I had been jumped, City Officials in Chicago set out to convince the public that I willfully set an assault against myself. "This false narrative has left a stain on my character that will not soon disappear. These officials wanted my money and wanted my confession for something I did not do. "Today, it should be clear.... They have received neither. The decision to settle the civil lawsuit was not the most difficult one to make. "After repeatedly refusing to pay the City, I was presented with an opportunity to make a charitable donation in exchange for the case being dismissed." Smollett donated $50,000 to Building Brighter Futures Center for the Arts (BBF), which is focused on helping nurture "self expression, creativity and exploration of the arts for Chicago youth". He continued: 'Though I was exonerated by the Illinois Supreme Court in a unanimous decision and the civil case will now be dismissed, I'm aware that it will not change everyone's mind about me or the attack I experienced. "However, despite arduous and expensive attempts to punish me, I am innocent in the eyes of God and our criminal justice system. What I have to do now is move forward. 'I will continue creating my art, fighting passionately for causes I hold dear and defending my integrity and family name with the truth.'
News.com.au
9 hours ago
- News.com.au
Shock twist in Justin Baldoni and Lively legal battle as actress Isabela Ferrer accuses actor of ‘harassment'
Justin Baldoni has hit back at actress Isabela Ferrer's allegations that he's 'harassing' her in his ongoing legal battle with Blake Lively. Ferrer, who portrayed the younger version of Lively's character in It Ends with Us, had her messages to Lively's sexual harassment allegations subpoenaed by Baldoni's legal team in the lawsuit Lively filed that alleges misconduct, accusations that Baldoni has denied. After Baldoni issued a subpoena to Ferrer in July, his lawyers filed a motion last week claiming that Ferrer has been 'unresponsive'. On Monday, lawyers representing Baldoni argued that Ferrer's 'opposition is primarily an inappropriate attack upon Mr. Baldoni and his counsel relating to matters not before the Court and irrelevant' to whether the actress should receive a subpoena. In Ferrer's counter-response, her legal representatives alleged that Baldoni has 'engaged in bad faith tactics' and submitted his motion 'for improper purposes and with the aim of harassing' Ferrer. The actress has also asked the court to both deny Baldoni's motion and impose sanctions on him. The latest development comes after Baldoni's lawsuit against Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds and their publicist, as well as his lawsuit against the New York Times, was been tossed out by a judge, in a shocking legal twist. Judge Lewis J Liman granted the motion to dismiss the US$400 (A$615m) million lawsuit filed by Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios in a major blow to the It Ends With Us director. Lively's lawyers said it was a 'total victory and a complete vindication', and Lively herself has now spoken out on social media. She wrote on her Instagram stories that she is 'more resolved than ever to continue to stand for every woman's right to have a voice in protecting themselves, including their safety, their integrity, their dignity and their story.' 'Like so many others, I've felt the pain of a retaliatory lawsuit, including the manufactured shame that tries to break us,' she wrote. Lively finished her message by thanking 'the many who stood by me, many of you I know. Many of you I don't.' The judge ultimately found that Lively and her co-defendants had not defamed Baldoni because their allegations were all made only in their legal complaints – which are protected by US law. Defamation also requires the plaintiff to prove the defendant knowingly made false claims about them, which the judge also said Baldoni's team provided no evidence to support.
