Gold Coast bikini model faces court over
importing steroids into Victoria
REBEKAH CAVANAGH, EXCLUSIVE, Herald Sun
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A BUSTY bikini model with links to a
killer bikie has been accused of importing drugs.
Raquel Yasmine Petit — a glamorous Gold
Coast girl who has her own bikini line — faced Melbourne Magistrates’ Court
today charged with importing steroids into Victoria between July 10, 2015
and November 2, 2016.
She is also facing charges of possessing
and trafficking a commercial quantity of steroids.
Police will allege she also dealt with
proceeds of crime, being $46,920 cash, between April 2015 and May 2016.
bikini model Raquel Petit's Instagram photos
Dressed modestly in black pants and a white
shirt, her long brunette hair in a ponytail, Ms Petit, 24, sat quietly
throughout the brief hearing.
No details of the allegations against her were
aired in court.
The former Miss V8 Super Cars grid girl, who
has almost 150,000 Instagram followers, was charged on November 13.
Her lawyer told the magistrate that she
normally lives in Queensland.
Her court appearance came a day after her
Mongols bikie ex-boyfriend, Wade Yates-Taui, 25, was sentenced to 7½ years’ jail
over the 2013 stabbing death of a Bandidos bikie associate in Queensland.
Ms Petit has almost 150K followers on Instagram. Picture: Instagram
Petit founded her own bikini brand, Petitkini.
The cagefighter, a patched member of the
outlaw motorcycle gang, fled to the United States after the killing.
US marshals pounced on him in Los Angeles 10
months later: Ms Petit, who was then dating him, had posted photos online of
their travels, which reportedly led them to him.
During the extradition application, Ms Petit
shouted her love for her boyfriend from the public gallery.
As police led him out of the court, Yates-Taui
replied: “I love you too”, before advising her: “Don’t talk to anyone.”
\Yates-Taui
outside Southport courthouse last year. Picture: Jerad Williams
The Herald Sun does not suggest Ms
Petit was in any way involved in Yates-Taui’s criminal behaviour.
The pair are no longer together.
Ms Petit’s social media accounts are littered
with posts with a new beau she often calls the “love of my life”.
According to her modelling profile she is an
“international swimwear and photographic model” who has been a brand ambassador
for Jim Beam, Harley-Davidson and the Hard Rock Cafe.
She also claims to be the face of Wild Orchid
Australia swimwear.
She started and designed her own seamless,
micro-cut bikini brand, Petitkini.
