Edwardson has previously alleged in the lead-up to the crash Robinson was a cocaine-using “party animal”.
The text messages from November 2018 to August 2021 included lines from friends asking him if he was “getting more coke” or could he “get good stuff for Chrissy party” and did he have “some Charlie”.
The wreckage of the helicopter crash that occurred during the making of the television show.Credit: Nine News
One message read “footie players in town and want bags”, with Edwardson asking Robinson if that referred to Richmond and was he planning to supply them with cocaine.
Robinson said he could not recall that message, declined to admit he was trafficking cocaine and said he had never flown helicopters while high.
In response to Edwardson’s line of questioning Robinson said: “Are you implying that I’m a drug dealer? No.”
In another message exchange Robinson texted he was “crook as a dog”, with a friend texting back, “snorting too much coke out of Matty’s arse”, in an apparent reference to Wright, the reality TV star.
Wright chuckled to himself in the dock when he heard that text message.
The jury has heard that 10 days after the crash Wright visited Robinson while he was heavily sedated in hospital and asked him to manipulate flying hour records.
Robinson said he declined to do so.
The charges against Wright do not relate to the cause of the accident and the prosecution does not allege he is responsible for either the crash, Wilson’s death or Robinson’s injuries.
The trial continues.
AAP
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