Sylvester Stallone pleaded guilty this morning in a Sydney court to bringing banned muscle-building hormones into Australia, and will be sentenced next week.

The actor didn’t appear in court, but said in a letter to Sydney’s Downing Center Local Court that he had “made a terrible mistake” because he was “ignorant” about local laws, according to the AP. Stallone was accused of bringing the restricted growth hormones into Oz when a customs search in February turned up 48 vials of Jintropin, a human growth hormone. Then, said a prosecutor yesterday, Stallone threw four vials of the male hormone testosterone out of his hotel room when customs officials searched it.

The maximum penalty for Stallone’s offense could be 5 years in prison and $91,500 in fines, but Stallone will face up to $18,500 for each charge because his case is being heard in local (not federal) court.

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Sylvester Stallone used a promotional trip to Mexico yesterday to blast plans to build a fence along the country’s U.S. border to keep illegal aliens out. Stallone, who visited Mexico City to promote his new film Rocky Balboa, told fans he has always been a fan of the Mexican work ethic.

He even pays tribute to immigrants in his sixth Rocky film – in one scene, his character (Balboa) defends his restaurant’s immigrant cooks and waiters against slanderous comments.

He told his Mexican fans, “I support Mexicans who work in my country.” He went on to criticize US plans to keep Latinos out of America by erecting a 700-mile fence along the border, calling the idea “crazy” and “ridiculous.”

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