Australian Mr Universe Calum von Moger cuts up kangaroo with a chainsaw

Disturbing footage has emerged of troubled bodybuilder Calum von Moger chopping up a dead kangaroo with a chainsaw.

The Australian former Mr Universe seriously injured his spine when he plunged from the second-storey window of his home in Geelong on May 6 last year.

Weeks earlier, he posted a series of concerning Instagram stories after running over a kangaroo in his 2005 Ford Ranger ute and throwing its body in the tray.

First he filmed himself zooming down the highway moments after mowing down the marsupial, before events took a darker turn when he got home.

Disturbing footage has emerged of troubled bodybuilder Calum von Moger chopping up a dead kangaroo with a chainsaw (pictured in 2017 with a different kangaroo)

One video showed the kangaroo’s body in the tray with the caption ‘poor kangaroo I accidentally hit him’ over it.

Von Moger, 32, gently caressed the animal’s face on the ute tray next to its nose.

The bodybuilder then manhandled the kangaroo around the back of the car, showing its bloodied wounds and a shard of bone from its shattered leg.

As he filmed the animal’s injuries, he remarked ‘it’s a boy’.

Later a friend arrived in the driveway brandishing a chainsaw and flexing his bicep, asked by von Moger for help moving the kangaroo’s body.

The camera panned to the front of the house where the marsupial’s body was lying on the ground, missing its head and part of its tail. 

‘I’ve already chopped it up, just help me put it in the back [of the ute],’ von Moger said.

One video showed the kangaroo's body in the tray before events took a darker turn

One video showed the kangaroo’s body in the tray before events took a darker turn

The camera panned to the front of the house where the marsupial's body was lying on the ground, missing its head and part of its tail

The camera panned to the front of the house where the marsupial’s body was lying on the ground, missing its head and part of its tail

As his friend laughed at the sight of the body, von Moger added: ‘Yeah I know. I’m keeping the head for a memento.’

The video was captioned ‘roo tail treat for Astro’, implying he planned to feed the kangaroo’s severed tail to his dog.

The next video showed von Moger drag the kangaroo’s body across the driveway by its leg, then pick it up and toss it in the back of the ute while his friend filmed.

The kangaroo chainsaw videos were some of numerous concerning incidents in the leadup to his near-fatal plunge from the window, and remerged recently on bodybuilding forums.

Von Moger, a three-time World Fitness Federation Mr Universe winner and actor who once played Arnold Schwarzenegger in a film, was also arrested for slashing a motorist’s tyres with a knife during a terrifying Australia Day road rage incident.

He had returned to his hometown in October 2021, after spending seven years in Los Angeles pursuing his bodybuilding and acting career.

But his life quickly went off the rails with frequent bizarre videos posted to his social media, along with escalating legal woes.

The Aussie bodybuilder had pumped himself with so much testosterone over the years he can no longer produce it naturally

The Aussie bodybuilder had pumped himself with so much testosterone over the years he can no longer produce it naturally 

Von Moger played a young Arnold Schwarzenegger (pictured together) in the 2018 film Bigger and has been dubbed 'Arnold 2.0' in the bodybuilding world

Von Moger played a young Arnold Schwarzenegger (pictured together) in the 2018 film Bigger and has been dubbed ‘Arnold 2.0’ in the bodybuilding world

Von Moger ploughed his Ford Ranger into the back of his victim’s Kluger in Melbourne about 9.30pm on January 26 last year.

When his shocked victim got into a verbal stoush with von Moger, he pulled out a knife and stabbed the man’s tyre before fleeing. 

When police caught up with him a short time later, they found a trove of weapons including a tomahawk, an axe handle, knuckle-dusters and a hunting knife. 

They also found a dodgy number plate that was covered in blood.

Von Moger escaped a conviction after an assault charge were dropped and he pleaded guilty to damaging property, weapons, and careless driving charges.

He was released on a good behaviour bond with a $2,500 fine when the case finally made it to court in November.

The court heard he had another vehicle crash in November 2021 when struck a car with his Harley Davidson motorbike in South Yarra and took off.

Von Moger leaves court in Melbourne with his mum Ingrid last month. Gone are the gigantic muscles that made him a star

Von Moger leaves court in Melbourne with his mum Ingrid last month. Gone are the gigantic muscles that made him a star 

Moger (pictured with a friend) released his own documentary titled Calum von Moger: Unbroken on Netflix in 2019

Moger (pictured with a friend) released his own documentary titled Calum von Moger: Unbroken on Netflix in 2019

The home where Von Moger fell from the second storey window which is boarded up

The home where Von Moger fell from the second storey of this home 

During the same period, police found him with a stash of testosterone, needles, three containers of cannabis oil, another bag of white crystal powder and an assortment of prescription drugs, including Viagra. 

The court heard he told police the meth wasn’t his and must have belonged to a  friend who left it in his car after he gave them a lift.

But he admitted to taking Viagra when he was competing, and had injected so much testosterone over the past decade he could no longer produce it naturally.

‘I no longer produce it naturally and need to have it to be normal,’ von Moger told cops. 

‘I use the testosterone weekly to keep my levels stable. I use the cannabis oil to help me settle and sleep.’

He pleaded guilty to possessing a variety of drugs, including testosterone, cannabis oil, and about two grams of meth.

Calum von Moger, 31, shared bizarre social media posts in the days before the incident (pictured)

Calum von Moger, 31, shared bizarre social media posts in the days before the incident (pictured)

Moger had an abseiling accident and severely injured his knee and bicep. Pictured: Just after the injury, and after rehabilitation

Moger had an abseiling accident and severely injured his knee and bicep. Pictured: Just after the injury, and after rehabilitation

Suffering from depression, von Moger posted worrying videos online in the days before he plunged from the window.

In one, he confessed he ‘messed up bad many times’.

‘But I don’t care about dwelling on negative thoughts of the past. All I care about is that I learn from my mistakes and become a better person,’ he said.

‘I’m trying my hardest to stay strong but I have my days too.’

Another featured a bizarre clip of him behind the wheel of his car with a parrot on his shoulder, saying ‘catch ya later… alligator’.

Over the past five years, the gym junkie – once dubbed Arnold Schwarzenegger 2.0 – suffered a knee and bicep injury that incapacitated him for a year, found out he was the father of a little boy named Kairos, and his house in California burned down.

Those who follow him closely online also said he hadn’t been the same since his bull terrier, Rex, choked to death on a chip in 2021.

Calum von Moger's beloved bull terrier Rex (pictured together) choked to death on a chip in 2021

Calum von Moger’s beloved bull terrier Rex (pictured together) choked to death on a chip in 2021

The strongman explained in a YouTube video that tragedy struck when he briefly left the house after moving to Texas in early 2021.

‘I left the house for 20 minutes to go to the store and I guess he got into one of the rooms and there was a bag of chips and he choked on a chip,’ Moger said. 

‘I came back, looked for him and found him on the floor with his head in the chip bag – I thought it was a bad joke, and then I went down and I couldn’t do anything.’

Von Moger tried giving Rex CPR, doing compressions, and raced him to the vet – but there was nothing anyone could do.

He described the situation as the worst thing that ever happened to him – including an abseiling accident in 2019 that took a year trying to recover from.

Just weeks earlier, his rescue dragon lizard, Baz, died during a three-day power outage following heavy snowfall.

A year earlier, the bodybuilder announced that he had learned he was the father of a little boy, Kairos, following a paternity test.

Von Moger said he was excited to be part of Kairos’ life, but wanted nothing to do with the boy’s mother. He frequently posts pictures of the toddler on Instagram.

His year from hell ended with a January 1 post, his first for many months, revealing he was back in the US and trying to turn his life around.

‘For those who don’t know, earlier this year I was in a bad accident and I really hurt myself,’ he said.

‘I had to take some time off to heal and recover and also I was going through a lot at the time.

‘I’m doing so much better now – I got all the help I needed.

‘I’m looking to get back into a good routine. I want to now just leave 2022 in the past – it was a very tough year for me.

‘I’ve got some great new opportunities on this horizon.’

His year from hell ended with a January 1 post, his first for many months, revealing he was back in the US and trying to turn his life around

His year from hell ended with a January 1 post, his first for many months, revealing he was back in the US and trying to turn his life around 

Von Moger's love for bodybuilding began at the age of 14 when he started training with his brother in Victoria

Von Moger’s love for bodybuilding began at the age of 14 when he started training with his brother in Victoria

Von Moger grew up in a large family with his parents and five siblings near Geelong in regional Victoria. 

In the documentary Calum von Moger: Unbroken, he described himself as a daredevil who was always trying to keep up with his brothers.

The film detailed von Moger’s rise through the bodybuilding ranks to a point where he was dubbed ‘Arnold 2.0’ and how that came crashing down following a significant knee and bicep injury while abseiling.

‘I was pretty broken – pretty heartbroken,’ he recalled.

In the same year he nearly lost his home due to devastating fires in California.

‘This year was the most challenging, I had these terrible injuries, the house, the fires, so many things that are trying to knock me off my feet – it’s either going to make ya or break ya,’ he said. 

He started lifting weights at 14 and began entering competitions, but his big break came in 2017 when he was cast as young Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 2018 movie Bigger.

Moger (pictured second left) started bodybuilding at 14. He has five siblings (pictured together with their father)

Moger (pictured second left) started bodybuilding at 14. He has five siblings (pictured together with their father)

Von Moger quickly rose to fame after uploading videos of his physique and training online, amassing a following of more than 3 million on Instagram.

He tried a range of professions before pursuing bodybuilding full time, such as lifesaving, landscaping, touring adventure groups, skippering yachts and the army.

When Australia was devastated by bushfires in 2019/2020, von Moger launched a GoFundMe and raised more than $40,000 for the Wildlife Conservancy Fund. 

‘Even if you don’t live in Australia, your contribution to this cause will mean so much to me, my friends and family,’ he wrote.

‘This is the sad reality of Australia in 2020. Any help is appreciated and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.’ 

WHO IS CALUM VON MOGER?  

The Australian’s first acting gig was in 2017 for the film Generation Iron 2, but he’s best known for his portrayal of a young Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 2018 movie Bigger. 

The film was based on Joe and Ben Weider, the two brothers who co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilders and put the sport on the map.

Moger then released his own documentary titled Calum von Moger: Unbroken on Netflix in 2019.

The film detailed Moger’s rise through the bodybuilding ranks to a point where he was dubbed ‘Arnold 2.0’ and how that came crashing down following a significant knee and bicep injury while abseiling. 

The documentary also gave an insight into his childhood growing up on a farm in central Victoria with five siblings.

He said his love for bodybuilding started at the age of 14 when he and his brother found some old, rusty dumbbells at a warehouse to use. 

He quickly rose to fame when he started uploading videos of his physique and training online, with Moger now having more than 3 million Instagram followers. 

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