Usain Bolt parties with busty Insta-model turned accused drug importer Raquel Petit
THE world’s most famous sprinter Usain Bolt has been spotted partying with a busty Insta-famous bikini model who is facing serious steroid trafficking charges and with links to a killer bikie on the Gold Coast overnight.
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THE world’s most famous sprinter Usain Bolt has been spotted partying with a busty Insta-famous bikini model who is facing serious steroid trafficking charges and with links to a killer bikie on the Gold Coast overnight.
Bolt, who has been partying non-stop since his arrival on the Gold Coast on Wednesday, was snapped at a local hotspot with glamorous Gold Coast model-turned-accused drug importer Raquel Petit.
A spokesman for Bolt said ‘Usain takes photos with hundreds of fans every night he is out in public. This was a random photo with a member of the public as he was leaving the venue.’
Petit, 24, who once dated killer Mongols bikie Wade Yates-Taui, was only last month fronting a Melbourne court for her alleged involvement in a drug syndicate.
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She is facing charges of possessing and trafficking a commercial quantity of steroids.
Police allege she used the mail service to post steroids to Victoria over 16 months between July 10, 2015 and November 2, 2016 and that she dealt with proceeds of crime, being $46,920 cash, between April 2015 and May 2016.
Bolt, wearing a Gucci baseball gap, a long sleeve top and jeans, was snapped in multiple photos with Petit and other models Liza Connolly and Chloe Hurrell.
The former grid girl is the ex-girlfriend of cage fighter and bikie Yates-Taui — who was convicted of manslaughter following the stabbing death of Bandido associate Max Waller in a Broadbeach park in 2013.
Yates-Taui was dramatically arrested by US Marshals while living the high life in California 10 months after the killing.
His then-girlfriend Petit posted photos online of their travels which reportedly led authorities to him.
During the extradition application, Ms Petit shouted her love for her then-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.”
Despite her ongoing criminal dramas, Petit, who had 150,000 Instagram followers and is the founder of bikini line Petitkini, hit the town last night to rub shoulders with the world’s most famous sprinter.
Ms Petit told the Gold Coast Bulletin she knew someone who was part of the famed sprinter’s security entourage and Bolt was happy to pose for a few photos.
She didn’t know another girl who jumped in a photo with them other than that she was French and the girl’s dad was a big fan.
“There was just a little hello and those photos. We didn’t talk much,” Ms Petit said.
“It was literally a fan photo, I don’t know him personally.
“He seemed to be trying to stay at the back of the bar and was being quiet.”
She declined to comment on the charges she faces.
Sprint king Bolt is showing he has a stack of social endurance, partying for a third night in a row at famed Surfers Paradise nightclub Sin City.
Usain Bolt turned up with his security detail just before 3am this morning.
On arrival through a discrete non-public entrance, he settled into the same back-corner VIP booth — with bottle service from the club’s signature lingerie-clad waitresses — that he has occupied for the previous two nights.
He didn’t leave until 5.10am, weaving his way through patrons and ducking out through the same discrete back exit.
Earlier on, he had opted for a much classier party haven at the swish new Nineteen rooftop bar at The Star’s Darling hotel.
True to form for staying up late — or early — the 31-year-old arrived at the Broadbeach bar just after 1am.
He was ushered into a cordoned-off VIP area by the dance floor, where he stood and watched the crowd of revellers when not on his mobile phone.
At Nineteen, former Australian track athlete John Steffensen was part of Bolt’s entourage, making sure he was by the superstar’s side.
Originally published as Usain Bolt parties with busty Insta-model turned accused drug importer Raquel Petit
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