{"id":14558,"date":"2025-06-27T00:59:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T17:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=14558"},"modified":"2025-06-27T00:59:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T17:59:50","slug":"liver-king-arrested-in-austin-after-threatening-joe-rogan-in-disturbing-instagram-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=14558","title":{"rendered":"Liver King Arrested in Austin After Threatening Joe Rogan in Disturbing Instagram Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Brian \u201cThe Liver King\u201d Johnson has been arrested in Austin, Texas, after a string of concerning Instagram posts showed him making physical threats against podcast host Joe Rogan, leading to his detention.<\/p>\n<p>Hopes were dashed this week for anyone who thought that Brian Johnson might find a level of inner peace following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/athletes-celebrities\/news\/the-liver-king-exposed-what-netflixs-untold-reveals-about-the-cost-of-viral-fame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his recent Netflix documentary<\/a>. \u201cThe Liver King,\u201d who was dethroned after leaked emails showed that he had lied to his followers about steroid usage, has now made himself the center of an even more alarming story, beginning with Instagram posts made for his almost 3 million followers starting June 22, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>In the troubling videos, and with a cut above his nose and eye, Johnson took aim at the popular podcast host. \u201cI\u2019m picking a fight with Joe Rogan,\u201d he exclaimed, before challenging the media personality and BJJ black belt to \u201ca fight.\u201d Johnson went on to say that he was upset with things that Rogan had said about him. \u201cI\u2019m coming to Austin, tomorrow,\u201d he shared, heading to where Rogan lives. \u201cAnd I\u2019m gonna fight you.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Why Was Brian Johnson Was Arrested in Austin, Texas?<\/h2>\n<p>Johnson then continued to make increasingly disturbing videos, including one on June 23 that showed him shirtless and wearing a wolf-head for a hat, while carrying gold-plated assault rifles. \u201cI\u2019ll come to you, whenever you\u2019re ready,\u201d said the fallen social media star, apparently pursuing a jiu-jitsu contest with the black belt. He then proceeded to waive his guns in the air while dancing. \u201cYou can\u2019t pick a fight with an actual king and then expect there not to be a fight, brother,\u201d he continued, before calling the director of his Untold documentary, Joe Pearlman a \u201cscumbag.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson did indeed travel to Austin, where footage emerged showing him in a downtown hotel brandishing what appeared to be a knife sharpener, while accompanied by his family on June 24. Johnson was detained soon after by the authorities on <a href=\"https:\/\/los40.us\/2025\/why-was-influencer-liver-king-arrested-in-austin-35456.html_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charges of making a terroristic threat.<\/a>\u00a0 Police were understandably concerned with Johnson\u2019s apparent carefree attitude towards firearms, his violent threats, and statements that he had made online about not sleeping for 40 hours. Video also shows Johnson delaying the police with a series of rambling statements before embracing and crying next to his wife and two sons.<\/p>\n<p>Despite life in the public eye leading to Johnson\u2019s initial downfall, the self-styled social media influencer was still keen to make sure the cameras were on him at all times, repeatedly bragging that he had commanded the attention of Rogan and the wider social media audience. For now, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/14555435\/liver-king-arrested-threats-joe-rogan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he is currently jailed in Travis County<\/a>, awaiting court review.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/athletes-celebrities\/news\/liver-king-arrested-in-austin-after-threatening-joe-rogan-in-disturbing-instagram-videos\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian \u201cThe Liver King\u201d Johnson has been arrested in Austin, Texas, after a string of concerning Instagram posts showed him making physical threats against podcast host Joe Rogan, leading to his detention. Hopes were dashed this week for anyone who thought that Brian Johnson might find a level of inner peace following his recent Netflix &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}