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Young pilots idolised reality TV star, court 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

Crash pilot a 'cocaine-using party animal', court told

Crash pilot a 'cocaine-using party animal', court 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.

'Felt like forever': pilot details crash scene at trial

'Felt like forever': pilot details crash scene at trial

'Felt like forever': pilot details crash scene at trial

'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.

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Croc egg collector's tears at reality TV star's trial

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.

Outback Wrangler star 'tampered with helicopter dash'

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.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs seeks Trump pardon, lawyer confirms

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.

Reality TV star on trial after fatal chopper crash

Reality TV star on trial after fatal chopper crash

Reality TV star Matt Wright is set to face trial on charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice following a fatal helicopter crash.

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Indigenous teen's killer appeals verdicts and sentence

Indigenous teen's killer appeals verdicts and sentence

Indigenous teen's killer appeals verdicts and sentence

Indigenous teen's killer appeals verdicts and sentence

One of three men found guilty over the bashing death of Indigenous teen Cassius Turvey has lodged appeals against his convictions and manslaughter sentence.

Diddy to be sentenced on October 3

Diddy to be sentenced on October 3

Diddy to be sentenced on October 3

Diddy to be sentenced on October 3

Sean "Diddy" Combs may ask the judge to set aside his conviction at his sentencing in October.

Lockdowns, fights as Diddy awaits sentencing in jail

Lockdowns, fights as Diddy awaits sentencing in jail

Lockdowns, fights as Diddy awaits sentencing in jail

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.

'Explicit' sex videos shown as Diddy trial winds down

'Explicit' sex videos shown as Diddy trial winds down

'Explicit' sex videos shown as Diddy trial winds down

'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.

Diddy's ex-assistant bought drugs, set up sex parties

Diddy's ex-assistant bought drugs, set up sex parties

Diddy's ex-assistant bought drugs, set up sex parties

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

Diddy unlikely to testify at sex trafficking trial

Diddy unlikely to testify at sex trafficking trial

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.

Diddy's trial hears about orgy with 'famous rapper'

Diddy's trial hears about orgy with 'famous rapper'

Diddy's trial hears about orgy with 'famous rapper'

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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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