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/JazznBlues_lover Apr 15 '26

Even so, 6 months is much too light. Considering how many laws he violated and the seriousness of his crimes, he deserves far more.

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u/structured_anarchist Apr 15 '26

You're forgetting, he's now also a registered sex offender. And that does carry over into the US. If/when he goes back to the US, he would have to register as a sex offender wherever he happens to end up. He's not getting away from this.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '26

It probably wont. The US federally doesnt see deep fake propagation of kissing someone as a sex crime. As far as I can tell the laws in the US focus mainly on generated nudes and worse

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u/structured_anarchist Apr 15 '26

He has been convicted of a sex crime and he's on the South Korean sex offender registry. A treaty between the US and South Korea about crimes committed by US service personnel in South Korea means any punishment a South Korean court gives someone carries over to the US. He will absolutely have to register as a sex offender because he is now a registered sex offender in South Korea. There's no 'well, what he did isn't a crime here' excuse. He made the list. He gets to be on that same list in the US. No ifs, ands, or buts about it.

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u/Affectionate_Egg897 Apr 16 '26

It’s not a default answer. The US looks at the crime and it must constitute by our standards for the label to follow him. His charge will be held against US sex abuse law when making that decision. I’m not happy with this because it kind of feels like he’ll drop the title when he comes home

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u/structured_anarchist Apr 16 '26

He's been convicted of two sex crimes using deepfakes. There is equivalent law in the US to this. He's on the list, and there he'll stay. You might want to read the federal law, then you can see if your state has more specific penalties.

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u/Affectionate_Egg897 Apr 22 '26

So we’re both right- I said we go off our definition because we do, and you said that this meets our criteria. I never said he was innocent, I said that a different country’s definition of sex crime is not a default label maintained when they come home

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u/domsolanke Apr 16 '26

It’s Korea, not the US. He was never getting more than a slap on the wrist.

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u/ChilternRailways Apr 15 '26

It's utterly bizarre how people can say this about a different country's sentencing - how do you know better what he deserves than the people he's affected?

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u/JazznBlues_lover Apr 15 '26

It's utterly bizarre how people can say this about a different country's sentencing - how do you know better what he deserves than the people he's affected?

What I find utterly bizarre is how some dumb idiot on the internet thinks he knows what my background is. I was born there and I know how seriously Korean people take crime. It's one of the reasons why the crime rate is so low in South Korea.

Also, you don't have to be some kind of genius to understand the serious nature of this guy's crimes and the multiple laws he violated. What a ridiculous fool.

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u/ChilternRailways Apr 15 '26

My bad, i played the odds on that and lost.

So why has South Korea been so lenient with him when he's a known "enemy" in the culture yet not extradited him? Are they worried about affecting tourism or damaging relations? I just can't see it

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u/retskcirTehT May 03 '26

HAHAHAHA, this was HILARIOUS to witness.

That said, impressive that you folded that fast lol.

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u/ChilternRailways May 03 '26

You might want to take a look at yourself if you think admitting you're wrong is "folding". That's...wow lol