Raw-meat influencer The Liver King is facing a $25 million class-action lawsuit after admitting he secretly used steroids

• Steroids were used to get his body.

• He is accused of misleading customers to sell his supplements.

• The raw meat diet is dangerous and life threatening according to the lawsuit.

The Liver King is facing a legal blowback after admitting he lied about using steroids.

A $25 million class-action suit has been filed in New York against Brian Johnson, who is accused of misrepresenting his lifestyle to promote his businesses.

Two of Johnson's supplement companies are named in the suit. The Fittest Liver King Bar is sold by the former.

The suit alleges that Johnson deceived and misled vulnerable and health-conscious consumers.

Johnson has more than 1.7 million followers on social media. Taking freezing showers, walking barefoot, and eating raw testicles are some of the practices he promotes.

This approach is described as "cult-like" and "implausible" by the suit.

The suit states thatLiver King's continued denial of using any steroid or other performance-Enhancing drug, and misrepresentations concerning his alleged adherence to the ancestral tenets, further induce consumers to trust and rely on the efficacy of the ancestral tenets.

It is being filed on behalf of people who have ordered from Johnson.

Johnson did not reply immediately. Representatives for his companies told The New York Post that they have not been served with a lawsuit yet.

On December 1st, Johnson admitted to using steroids, three days after More Plates More Dates shared emails between Johnson and a coach. In one email, the sender wrote that he was taking thousands of dollars worth of hormones and other drugs every month.

Johnson said there was room for "pharmacological intervention" within his ideology if it was monitored and managed by a hormone physician.

Johnson promotes a diet that includes raw meat. Some nutrition experts argue that anecdotal evidence isn't enough to support the idea that this way of eating can help with a range of symptoms.

"When you eat raw meat you run the risk of developing food poisoning, and some of it may also contain parasites like roundworms or tapeworms," Bonnie said.

E coli, Campylobacter, and listeria are some of the common pathogens in raw meat.