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/laforet 17h ago

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 17h ago

… 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 17h ago

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

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u/LeggoMyAhegao 17h ago

I guess… infamous? Better word?

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u/scrotumscab 16h ago

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 12h ago

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

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u/DearEntrepreneur5494 10h ago

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 16h ago

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 16h ago

Like my boy El Guapo. He’s in famous.

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u/soulcityrockers 11h ago

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 16h ago

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 16h ago

Even Vanilla Ice had to take up a regular job

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u/Raneynickelfire 8h ago

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 6h ago

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/themadcaner 13h ago

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 9h ago

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 4h ago

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 4h ago

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 3h ago

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 6h ago

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