Outback Wrangler star asked paralysed pilot in hospital to change flight records and erase items on phone, court hears

<p>Reality TV star Matt Wright has pleaded not guilty to three charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/aug/07/australia-news-live-nsw-deepfake-gareth-ward-mp-expulsion-acoss-property-tax-break-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Reality TV star Matt Wright visited a pilot while he was heavily sedated in hospital after a deadly helicopter crash and asked him to manipulate flying hour records, a court has been told.</p><p>Outback Wrangler co-star Chris “Willow” Wilson died in the February 2022 accident, falling to the ground from a sling beneath the chopper while collecting crocodile eggs in remote swampland in the Northern Territory.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/13/outback-wrangler-matt-wright-asked-paraplegic-pilot-manipulate-flight-records-court-hears-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>