Breaking: Controversial Kick streamer Johnny Somali sentenced to a 5-year prison term in Japan for m

May 2024 · 2 minute read

Publish date: 2023-12-23

Johnny Somali is a popular YouTuber and live-streamer who’s risen to popularity recently. He calls himself the “Somali Pirate” and is an IRL streamer who live streams his experiences of traveling worldwide, going to clubs, and doing various activities such as go-karting. Johnny Somali streams on the popular platform Kick, joining Adin Ross, Amouranth, and Nickmercs, who have recently joined Kick.

The famous content creator was trending on social media in early October. On October 12, Johnny was re-arrested for hosting an “unauthorized Livestream” in a restaurant in Tokyo when he was live on Kick. The Osaka Prefectural Police’s South Police Station has been investigating Johnny’s case. They have since labeled him as a “nuisance online distributor”.

On Sunday, they decided to arrest him again on suspicion of forcibly obstructing business operations for causing a nuisance by broadcasting a live stream without permission at a restaurant in Osaka city. According to investigators, he is suspected of disrupting the business of restaurants in Osaka by filming them and distributing the videos on the Internet.
A recent statement was made regarding his arrest

On October 25th, a post on Twitter went viral that said Johnny Somali had been sentenced to five years in jail in Japan. This took the internet by storm, although people could not find any official sources that confirmed this news.

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Has Johnny Somali really been sentenced?

After the news of his sentence broke, internet users started doing their own research. Many people on the subreddit r/Tokyo claimed that the news was false and that he was still in pre-detention. Johnny will face 23 days of detention for each charge, and the police will keep re-arresting him. After the police have stacked charges, he will then be persecuted in front of a judge.

Another Japanese resident came out to say that the news was fake. There was no trace of the news in any Japanese media. He added that Johnny was only arrested a month ago, and the process is not so fast in Japan that he would already face his sentence.

Many Redditors also added that five years is an unrealistic sentence for such a crime. The police are likely to hold him until his visa expires and then deport him. After that, he will be banned from entering the country again.

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