Kick streamer Johnny Somali officially faces criminal charges in Japan after arrest Kick\/johnnysomaliAmerican Kick streamer Johnny Somali has officially been charged after getting arrested for blasting loud music and causing a disturbance in a restaurant last month. Johnny Somali is a controversial streamer on Kick, where he broadcasts his daily excursions in Japan. The American broadcaster has come under fire multiple times for loudly making offensive remarks during his streams \u2014 most notably shouting \u201cHiroshima\u201d and \u201cNagasaki\u201d in public places like a crowded train. Due to his antics, Somali has been confronted by locals and even other foreigners multiple times, even getting decked over his behavior on a few occasions. In September, Somali was notably arrested for trespassing into a construction site. However, nothing came of this incident \u2014 but Japan\u2019s Cabinet Secretary Matsuno notably addressed streamers like Somali in wake of the ordeal, saying they were \u201cinvading privacy and causing a nuisance.\u201d In October, Somali was arrested once again for causing a disturbance in a beef bowl restaurant in Osaka\u2019s Chuo Ward during a live stream. Now, nearly three weeks later, Somali has been officially charged. Here\u2019s everything we know so far. Johnny Somali charged with \u201cforceful obstruction of business\u201d As reported by local news outlets and the Sankei Shimbun, Somali has officially been charged with \u201cforceful obstruction of business\u201d in relation to the incident regarding the restaurant. Sources report that Somali was being held by police for questioning leading up to the charges being pressed against him. According to additional reports from Kansai TV, another man was also arrested alongside Somali in relation to the restaurant incident, but he has not been charged as \u201cthe charges were insufficient.\u201d Thus far, Somali has not faced charges relating to his arrest for trespassing, with Kansei TV saying both were \u201cnot indicted in this case.\u201d Thus far, the outcome of these charges will be unknown until the streamer faces a trial. Stay tuned to Dexerto for more information on this developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kick streamer Johnny Somali officially faces criminal charges in Japan after arrest Kick\/johnnysomaliAmerican Kick streamer Johnny Somali has officially been charged after getting arrested for blasting loud music and causing a disturbance in a restaurant last month. Johnny Somali is a controversial streamer on Kick, where he broadcasts his daily excursions in Japan. The American […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}