Wife of Outback Wrangler star Matt Wright reveals vandals set off a bomb on their property after he was charged following a chopper crash that killed Chris Wilson

The wife of embattled Outback Wrangler star Matt Wright has revealed that vandals set off a bomb on their property in the middle of the night after charges were laid against her husband following a deadly helicopter crash.

Wright will stand trial later this year accused of perverting the justice system following a helicopter crash in the Northern Territory’s West Arnhem Land in February 2022.

The crash killed his best mate Chris ‘Willow’ Wilson and left pilot Sebastian Robinson paraplegic.

Wright’s model wife Kaia has now spoken out about the intense scrutiny she, her husband and their two young children have faced in the aftermath of the accident.

‘Once we woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of a bomb exploding. Someone put a bomb in our power box and blew it up,’ she said The Sunday Telegraph.

‘If Matt’s not at home I put chairs in front of my doors, it’s the constant anxiety and stress that can be difficult to navigate every day and still run a business, be a mother and be a wife.’

Kaia said her four-year-old son Banjo witnessed hoons doing burnouts in front of his father and yelling ‘jail man’ at him earlier this week after they left a cafe in Darwin.

Banjo then asked his mother if his father was going to jail.

‘What do you say to your sparkly son who just adores their father, what do you say to that?’ said Mrs. Wright.

Mr. Wilson had been dangling from a helicopter owned by Wright’s company Helibrook on a crocodile egg collection mission in February 2022 when the aircraft crashed, killing him on impact.

Wright was charged in relation to the investigation into the crash, not the cause of the crash itself.

As part of his bail conditions, Wright cannot speak to more than 50 people.

He has vehemently denied any wrongdoing.

Mr. Wilson’s widow, Danielle Wilson, is suing Wright personally over the crash.

Ms Wilson previously launched a civil action against her helicopter company Helibrook and the Australian Civil Aviation Authority, alleging both failed in their duty of care to her late husband.

Helibrook and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), which authorized his suspension from the chopper, were both named as respondents.

Wright said the ‘hardest part’ of the inquiry was not being able to honor Mr Wilson.

She said her husband and his comrades could not even gather to celebrate and remember Mr. Wilson for his birthday recently because he is legally prohibited from seeing some of them.

Wright said police raided and torched their house while she was pregnant with their second child Dusty.

Birthday cards and love letters shared between her and her husband were all taken as part of the investigation.

She said the investigation and her husband’s accusations took a devastating toll on his mental health and there were days when he couldn’t get off the couch.

Wright also said she faced severe trolling on her social media accounts, with some calling her husband a ‘murderer’.

Wright has been committed to stand trial on a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice in the Northern Territory Supreme Court later this year.

Two of Wright’s co-accused, Michael Burbidge and ex-policeman Neil Mellon, have pleaded guilty to destroying evidence for their role in the incident.