- Netflix star pleads not guilty
- Trial will not start until 2025
Outback Wrangler star Matt Wright’s lawyer has told the High Court that Wright will plead not guilty.
Wright’s attorney Frank Marenda told the court Thursday that prosecutors have been formally notified of the intended plea and that the case is now “ready to go to trial.”
After consultation between his attorneys and prosecutor Steve Ledek, Mr. Marenda estimated the trial would last three months and was expected to begin in the second half of 2025.
“Of course we will continue to discuss, but ultimately this case will go to court,” he said.
In December of last year, Wright was due to stand trial on a charge of attempted obstruction of justice, with six other charges pending in court.
Mr Marenda requested that the matter be placed on the agenda for a management hearing, saying there were still “controversial points of law” to be decided “regarding the admissibility of certain evidence”.
The trial could possibly be delayed until 2026, as Judge Vince Luppino said there was no judge who had three months to do so.
“I will have to do some research and possibly make special arrangements for such a long period of time, so I will therefore postpone the matter,” he said.
More to come.
Netflix star Matt Wright’s trial expected to last up to three months