Nelly Yoa has arrived at court in a luxury car and massive security entourage.

Serial liar Nelly Yoa made quite an entrance at his perjury sentence hearing at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court today, arriving in a Rolls Royce with an entourage dressed in black suits.

Yoa’s car pulled up to the courthouse steps on William Street this morning as security ran alongside the vehicle.

One member of the detail opened the door for the man convicted of lying to police. When he stepped out dressed in a pink suit, the cameras were already rolling.

Yoa, 28, told 9News the car was a loan from his “good mate”, underworld figure Mick Gatto and “this isn’t an attention-seeking stunt”.

Yoa is expected to be sentenced this afternoon after pleading guilty in February to making false claims that a woman had attacked him with a knife in his home.

Never seen this before. Full "security entourage" for Nelly Yoa as he arrives at court for sentencing. @9NewsMelb pic.twitter.com/NYyV7CzKLz — Dougal Beatty (@DougalBeatty) June 13, 2019

It’s not his first time in the spotlight for the wrong reason. The Melburnian has been forced to deny he lied in the past about his position in the Sudanese community, his football exploits and his supposed sponsorship deals with Nike and Qantas.

Yoa was interviewed for a front-page story in The Age last year following a series of violent crimes allegedly committed by Melbourne’s Sudanese community.

He said he was “ashamed to be Sudanese” and labelled himself a community leader — a position he has since walked back.

South Sudanese community leaders said Yoa did not represent them.

OK so Nelly Yoa has just slid into my DMs to send a statement: says today's court appearance is a huge travesty to me personally" - claims he is "a person who is rightly admired by all Australians"



Calls his court arrival "spectacular" pic.twitter.com/WWQiJeKcjc — Josh Butler (@JoshButler) June 13, 2019

He later claimed he was a former hopeful for English Premier League giants Chelsea and that Nike had sponsored him.

His proof was a picture he posted of himself on Twitter at Chelsea’s famous Stamford Bridge stadium in London in June 2014.

According to his LinkedIn page, Yoa played for Chelsea from February 2013 to August 2013, a year after he posted the “signing” picture on Twitter. His Facebook page says he played with Chelsea in 2012.

Yoa went on to post about “learning from the best in the world” along with a photo of prolific soccer coach José Mourinho and pictures of Chelsea’s locker room.

But sceptics pointed out the picture could have easily come from a tour of Stamford Bridge, which is popular with tourists.

Sports reporter Vince Rugari from the Australian Associated Press confirmed: “Chelsea has no record of Nelly Yoa ever trialling there.”

In an interview with news.com.au last year, Yoa said he was embracing the attention and the haters were simply making him more successful.

“It’s been full-on, but it’s been great,” he said. “I’m embracing all this attention.

“Everyone is entitled to their opinion and it’s just another media hunt. They are just trying to put down what I am trying to do.

“It could be a slow news week, you know there’s not a lot to report and everything they (the media) report is always inaccurate anyway.

“I don’t know why they are doing it, but because I am in the limelight, they will do anything to put me down.

“But what they don’t understand is, the more they talk about me, the more successful I become and the more I will embrace it.”

With Ben Graham