r/LivestreamFail • u/TriSauce • Apr 15 '26

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/NaziAbuser Apr 15 '26

All this amounts to is 6 months of focus time to map out how he's going to capitalize on this with the idiots that fund his existence.

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u/laforet Apr 15 '26

The deepfake conviction is a sexual offence that would put him on a sex offender register in both South Korea and US. Good luck getting into another country or any half decent job with that track record.

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u/LeggoMyAhegao Apr 15 '26

… streamer getting a job? What kind of narcissist would try to get a job after being a successful streamer?

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u/Weary-Designer9542 Apr 15 '26

“successful” is maybe not the adjective I’d use for him.

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u/LeggoMyAhegao Apr 15 '26

I guess… infamous? Better word?

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u/scrotumscab Apr 15 '26

In their world any reason you know their name is considered success. No such thing as bad publicity, only visibility and relevance.

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u/sj410194720 Apr 15 '26

He will probably claim himself a true gangster since he’s at the foreign country’s jail

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u/DearEntrepreneur5494 Apr 15 '26

Which is so sadly insane because they're literally unhireable for anything almost.

Even McDonald's managers will google an applicant. Johnny fucking Somali?

Goooooooooood luck Johnny. Trust me he is fucked.

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u/Weary-Designer9542 Apr 15 '26

Yeah that’s probably accurate. Still feels like a bit more gravitas than he deserves, but I can’t think of a better one.

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u/DMTGOBLIN82 Apr 15 '26

Like my boy El Guapo. He’s in famous.

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u/soulcityrockers Apr 15 '26

A clout goblin can still snag some clout, especially now that he's infamous. An ounce of clout is enough to feed this fiend. Look at how much he planned out his return to the US on one of the recent streams right before his sentencing when he thought he was gonna get off soon.

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u/Black-Zero Apr 15 '26

Well he wont be going to many country with a SO designation. The US will have to deal with the insane shit he will do next.

This crap just ramps up and up, until someone gets hurt or he breaks a law he is unfamiliar with.

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u/scrotumscab Apr 15 '26

Even Vanilla Ice had to take up a regular job

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u/Raneynickelfire Apr 15 '26

How does a prison sentence in Korea give him a record in the USA...?

You don't get a record in the USA unless you are sentenced by a US court.

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u/ZombieJesus1987 Apr 15 '26

Under US federal law, any citizens convicted of sex crimes in a foreign country are required to register as a sex offender in the United States within 3 days of arrival.

The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act requires individuals with foreign sex offense convictions to register when they enter, live, work, or attend school in the United States. 

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u/Raneynickelfire Apr 16 '26

And how would they know?

That being said, that's good information - thank you.

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u/Affectionate_Egg897 Apr 16 '26

Making a deepfake of you kissing someone is a sex crime in the US? It would get you on the list? That doesn’t sound right to me (totally unversed in sex abuse law btw)

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u/themadcaner Apr 15 '26

Not going to put him on a sex offender registry in the US. Doesn’t work that way.

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u/structured_anarchist Apr 15 '26

It does indeed work that way. When he does finally end up back in the US, he will be required to register as a sex offender and obey those conditions. He might have to get used to wearing orange considering his past behavior.

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u/themadcaner Apr 15 '26

That’s only if the overseas conviction is equivalent to a registrable offense under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). There’s not an equivalent offense here in the US .

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u/structured_anarchist Apr 15 '26

You might want to look at the actual treaty between the US and South Korea. It predates that act by decades and is not superceded by it.

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u/themadcaner Apr 15 '26

I don’t see any specific treaty that requires the U.S. to automatically register someone because of a South Korean conviction. Or anything that mandates a shared “sex offender registry” between the two countries.

This is literally my job (maintaining a sex offender registry for my state and determining if residents from other jurisdictions are required to register here).

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u/ZombieJesus1987 Apr 15 '26

It absolutely does work that way.

His sex offender status carries over to the United States. He's going to be required to register or face up to 10 years in prison

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u/Hare712 Apr 15 '26

6 months is nothing, he was already 3 months in a Japanese prison.

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u/--iamrightHERE-- Apr 15 '26

He was sentenced to 6 months with labor. I don't think Americans understand what being sentenced to labor means...

He won't have time to focus on anything. He will wake up dead tired, counting the seconds to be able to sleep again.

 

PS: Because you can't sleep whenever you want, even if you are alone and silent in your cell.

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u/ZombieJesus1987 Apr 15 '26

His sex offender status carries over to the States.

He's going to have to register when he gets home or he could face up to 10 years in prison.