Rebels bikie boss and father of Married at First Sight star Stacey Hampton’s two boys is killed

A senior bikie boss and the father of Married at First Sight star Stacey Hampton’s two little boys has been killed in a motorbike crash in Adelaide’s northeastern suburbs.

Emergency services were called to Redwood Park just after 3am on Wednesday after reports that a motorcycle rider and his male passenger had crashed.

The rider, 38-year-old Rebels boss Shane Smith, died at the scene, with his passenger taken to hospital.

Mr Smith is the father of Married at First Sight star Stacey Hampton’s two young boys. 

Ms Hampton dated the Rebels’ Adelaide president until she split with him in July 2017, a month before he was convicted of bashing two nightclub bouncers. 

It is the latest tragedy to befall the MAFS star, who also lost her brother in motorbike accident.

He was killed in a motorbike crash in Adelaide’s northeastern suburbs at 3am on Wednesday

Married At First Sight’s controversial bride Stacey Hampton (right) was engaged to Rebels bikie boss Shane Michael Smith, 37, (left) with whom she shares two sons (one pictured)

In 2020, she defended her ex and urged society not to judge him on his criminal past.

‘He’s honestly the greatest person and I think he’s ashamed of his past,’ she said in a magazine interview.

‘I met him when I was really young, 19, through mutual friends and I wasn’t aware of his lifestyle but I feel for him so quickly,’ she continued.

‘At the time, I didn’t realise he actually had charges from ages ago that had come up – assault charges.’

The former couple share sons Kruz, two, and Kosta, four, who have appeared on a MAFS episode. 

Stacey, who is 11 years younger than Smith, said they met when she was ‘very young’ and in her early twenties.

‘We met when I was very young, fell in love quickly and then tried to make it work for the kids,’ she previously told Daily Mail Australia.

‘It was a civil break-up. He’s an amazing dad and I have no regrets.’ 

The former couple share sons Kruz, two, and Kosta, four. Smith has Stacey and Kosta’s names tattooed on his hand

One of many family photos on Smith’s social media shows the bikie leader in his Rebels colours as Stacey cradles Kosta during their time together. 

‘That’s Stacie Hampton my wife,’ he wrote alongside two heart emojis when friends complimented his glamorous partner.

Smith also has Stacey’s name tattooed on his hand along with Kosta’s name and birth date – January 25, 2016.

In February 2019, Smith was convicted and fined $3,500 for assaulting two bouncers outside a nightclub in Bendigo on August 6, 2017. 

He narrowly avoided jail after a magistrate dismissed an affray charge because the savage beatings weren’t deemed to be evoking of terror in bystanders.

Bendigo Magistrates’ Court heard Smith was at the Universal club in the northern Victorian town with several other Rebels.

Festivities to commemorate the 2008 car crash death of member Bruno Carlo spilled out of the gang’s clubhouse about 11.30pm. 

A fight began between the six bikies and other revellers on the dance floor after an altercation in the smokers area and security tried to intervene.

Proud parent Smith poses with Kosta (left) and a newborn Kruz sometime in 2017

In February 2019, heavily-tattooed Smith was convicted and fined $3,500 for assaulting two bouncers outside a nightclub in Bendigo on August 6, 2017

The court heard Smith threw punches at patrons and security, then ‘king hit’ a bouncer in the face, punched his head and torso and kicked him as he lay on the ground.

The melee left a patron unconscious in the local hospital’s intensive care unit for nine hours, and another combatant with a broken jaw.

The court heard Smith, who was one of two bikies charged over the brawl, had committed previous violent crimes.

He was originally slapped with 10 charges but police dropped seven of them. 

Magistrate Michael King then dismissed the affray charge because the attacks ‘would not have terrified a reasonable onlooker’.

He also said there was ‘no community interest’ in jailing Smith before he received treatment for his anger issues.