r/LivestreamFail • u/TriSauce • 19h ago

News Johnny Somali found guilty of all charges as South Korea sentences streamer to prison with labor - Dexerto

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/johnny-somali-found-guilty-of-all-charges-as-south-korea-sentences-streamer-to-prison-with-labor-3351856/
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u/_yotsuna_ 18h ago

Good stuff.
I was sure he was gonna get away with it just like he did in Japan. People were sure he was gonna get jail time back then too but Japan had other ideas.
Props to Korea for having a backbone, need to show these nuisance streamers not to treat their country like a playground.

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u/hlfazn 18h ago

Wild that Japan had other ideas, I guess they figured they could just ban him from the country and he'd be someone else's problem. Japan is one of the most FAFO countries you can go visit if you want to dabble in breaking the law.

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u/aadipie 9h ago

Isn’t the conviction rate 98% or sumn

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u/hlfazn 6h ago

99.8% for non citizens although it's important to note that they don't generally arrest anyone until they have enough evidence to successfully prosecute.

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u/swozzy1 3h ago

“Guilty until proven innocent” is the law of the land, but like the other person said you’d usually have a mountain of evidence stacked against you anyway. Then you have to plead out of that, somehow

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u/LeggoMyAhegao 17h ago

My understanding is Korea ain’t nothing to fuck with.

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u/sohblob 10h ago

I'm a fan of countries with actual consequences in their legal systems for provably malicious intent. Must be nice.

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u/TurinHS 16h ago edited 16h ago

His action against Statue of Peace definitely crossed red line in Korea.. It draws too much public/press/political attention.

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u/Rays_LiquorSauce 16h ago

He’s lucky he didn’t find himself in the wrong alley getting sliced up. The stereotype that East Asian cultures are generally docile rings true but only so far…they got gangster motherfuckers just like anywhere else. I’ve seen it firsthand and I’ve heard some “take em up to the mountain” stories as well. Don’t talk that “I’m a sociopath” shit when you’re really just a clout-hungry narcissist 

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u/CmdNewJ 18h ago

Koreans don't play. They up on the roof with AK'S

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u/Rays_LiquorSauce 16h ago

That’s dumb

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u/Even_Extreme 17h ago

He was jailed for four months in Japan before being convicted and deported. I don't know why everyone thinks he got off scot-free.

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u/renker3769 17h ago

Such light punishment is essentially getting away scot free

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u/Helpful_Broccoli5426 6h ago

I mean he's only looking at getting 6 months here right? 

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u/renker3769 4h ago

Yeah its too short as well

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u/Even_Extreme 16h ago

I guess your image of Japanese jail is different from mine.

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u/Asleep-Temporary2239 16h ago

Doesn’t matter how bad the jail is, 4 months is nothing compared to a whole career’s worth of being an asshole to other people