A body building Instagram star who describes his ripped body as a ‘Lamborghini’ has pleaded guilty to steroid possession.
Hossein Balapour – better known to 265,000 social media followers as ‘Yakiboy’ – has gathered a cult following online for his muscle-bound physique and workout videos.
But in the Downing Centre Local Court on Monday, Balapour admitted to six counts of possessing steroids – which he previously said were for his own ‘personal use’.
Balapour, 30, is yet to enter a plea to four other counts relating to possession of a World War I style ‘trench knife’.
The Instagram model’s lawyer Abdullah Reslan told the court they were yet to inspect the knife seized by the anti-bikie strike force Raptor, which raided his Waterloo home in Sydney’s south earlier this year.
Hossein ‘Yakiboy’ Balapour (pictured), a muscle-bound Instagram personality famous for his ‘Lamborghini body’ has pleaded guilty to possessing steroids and human growth hormone
Yakiboy is pictured at home in Sydney, draped in a Versace dressing gown and cradling an ornamental statuette
‘It’s a knife that has been classed as a prohibited weapon which we’ve requested to inspect,’ Mr Reslan said.
‘There’s no secret about this – the knife relates to his modelling shoots and the like,’ the laywer previously told Daily Mail Australia.
‘The knife was present for use as a prop for his photo shoots and other modelling endeavours’.
Officers appeared at Balapour’s unit at about 6.30am on April 26 and slapped him with 10 charges, with six relating to alleged drug possession.
Police allegedly found three different types of steroids in the form of 100 oxandrolone tablets, two methenolone vials and a vial of trenbolone.
He was also charged with possessing the human growth hormone somatropin, testosterone and a bottle of Xanax.
Balapour – a professional model and social media star – has boasted of his ‘Lamborghini’ body. Above, he is seen left and right during a workout at the gym
Life has otherwise continued as usual for Balapour, who posted an image of himself completely naked apart from his trademark pizza image covering his modesty a week ago
Raptor police – an elite police unit notorious for its proactive, hard-nosed tactics – carried out the raid.
‘They make (it) a big thing because it’s me,’ the tattooed hulk said.
Balapour has long denied being a ‘gangster’, although has admitted to previously having bikie friends.
One former friend was slain mobster Pasquale Barbaro, a relationship he described as his ‘biggest regret in life’.
He has admitted looking intimidating and uses that as part of his social media image.
An image from Yakiboy’s Instagram account – which has more than 257,000 followers
He often poses for photos as a pretend criminal wearing a balaclava and little else. One such post said: ‘You’re sleeping at night, you wake up and find me in your house, my balaclava hiding my face and my undies hiding my anaconda.
‘What you going to do in this situation?’
Since arriving in Australia from Tehran six years ago, Balapour has made a career out of modelling clothes, working as a personal trainer and teaching jujitsu.
He works out as many as six days per week and last year detailed his extraordinary diet for Daily Mail Australia.
It included an egg smoothie and an omelette as breakfast and a morning snack, chicken breast for lunch, another protein smoothie, a ‘zucchini treat’; chicken, fish or beef for dinner and a third protein smoothie before bed.
He said before he was married, he used to tell women: ‘I’m the Lamborghini – you don’t need a Lamborghini, I’m the Lamborghini.’
The man known for posting near-nude photos covering his genitals with pizza emojis, will return to court on September 2.
WORKOUT DIET: WHAT WE FOUND IN YAKIBOY’S FRIDGE LAST YEAR
Last year, Instagram star Yakiboy opened up his fridge for Daily Mail Australia and revealed the $400-per-week grocery run that fuels his ‘Lamborghini’ body
Yakiboy explained his extraordinary bodybuilding diet as follows in an interview with Daily Mail Australia last year.
BREAKFAST: Egg smoothie – six egg whites, protein, bananas and almond milk blended together
(He said a typical person would not need that many egg whites.)
BRUNCH: Omelette, with spinach and mushroom, or a protein pancake
LUNCH: Chicken breast (‘my favourite’) with pumpkin, avocado and spinach salad
SNACK: Zucchini treat – blended together with Greek yoghurt
GYM MEAL: Protein fruit smoothie consumed while he works out
POST-GYM MEAL/DINNER: Chicken, fish or beef, typically, with a side salad of asparagus, avocado, tomato, lemon
BEFORE SLEEP: Another protein smoothie with yoghurt, with a dessert twist, like added Nutella
Alternative: ‘green juice’ with carrot, apple, celery, ginger