Sydney bodybuilder Hossein “Yakiboy” Balapour has been arrested after a peculiar incident was caught on camera earlier last week.
Hossein “Yakiboy” Balapour and Marven Yacoub went toe-to-toe in Sydney traffic.
In the wild video, conversation goes south and gets physical when Balapour shoves Yacoub to the ground and starts to throw punches.
At one point Balapour pulls an item out of his pocket and hits Yacoub with it.
The pair are seemingly broken up out of view of the camera.
Raptor Squad officers carried out a search warrant at a unit in Rosebery and arrested Yakiboy at 6.30am on Friday.
According to the Daily Telegraph, Yakiboy had been out on bail for a separate assault charge at the time of the incident and has been charged with affray, using an offensive weapon with intent to commit an indictable offence and breach of bail.
Personal messages reveal a dispute over money was in the center of the conflict.
Yacoub later released a WhatsApp exchange between him and Balapour where he futilely seeks money money he says is owed to him.
UPDATE:
Hossein “Yakiboy” Balapour has been granted bail by the NSW Supreme Court after more than two months in custody for his alleged involvement in an incident with fellow fitness influencer Marven Yacoub. The court heard that the 33-year-old had also been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, recklessly causing grievous bodily harm, and intimidation in relation to two further alleged attacks.
The court was told that Balapour was also charged with punching a fan in the face at a music festival and displacing his jaw. He allegedly punched a man at a Persian restaurant when he “became enraged” at a birthday party and allegedly said he would shoot the man, who was picking up his takeaway food. Crown prosecutor Stephen Makin said Mr Balapour had been charged with “predatory, unprovoked assaults” that resulted in serious injuries.
Despite these very significant allegations, Justice Richard Weinstein SC granted Mr Balapour’s bail under strict conditions to minimize risk. The court was told he would only be able to leave the house for his new role as a fitness instructor at a North Sydney gym, medical appointments for himself or family members, court purposes, and legal meetings.
Mr Balapour’s lawyer Rebekah Rodger argued that her client needed to be at liberty to look after ailing family members and to start employment as a fitness instructor. Justice Weinstein agreed, stating that it was “in the community interest” for the 33-year-old to be gainfully employed. The court was told that if bail was refused, Mr Balapour would likely spend most of the year in prison on remand due to judicial delays.
