Brian Johnson — higher recognized by his on-line persona “The Liver King” — has been arrested and charged with allegedly making a terroristic risk in the direction of UFC colour commentator Joe Rogan.
Austin Police confirmed the arrest to MMA Combating on Wednesday after Johnson made a sequence of weird and meandering movies on social media the place he challenged Rogan to a struggle. He really went so far as flying into Austin the place Rogan resides whereas persevering with the problem the podcaster and comic.
“On Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at roughly 9:30 a.m., Austin Police Division (APD) detectives have been notified {that a} topic recognized as Brian Johnson, recognized on-line as “Liver King”, had made threats in opposition to Joe Rogan on his Instagram profile,” Austin Police instructed MMA Combating in a press release. “Detectives reviewed the posts and noticed that Johnson was touring to Austin whereas persevering with to make threatening statements. Detectives contacted Mr. Rogan, who acknowledged he had by no means had any interplay with Johnson and regarded the posts to be threatening. Primarily based on this info, detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Johnson on a cost of Terroristic Menace.
“Later that day, at roughly 5:59 p.m., APD officers situated Johnson on the 4 Seasons Resort situated at 98 San Jacinto Boulevard and took him into custody with out incident. He was transported to the Travis County Jail and charged with Terroristic Menace, a Class B misdemeanor. This stays an lively investigation, and there’s no additional info is obtainable presently.”
Johnson really posted movies on his Instagram account after he was arrested and brought into custody by police for making the threats in opposition to Rogan.
Previous to flying to Austin, Johnson made separate posts difficult Rogan to a struggle whereas instructing whoever runs his social media accounts to “document something and the whole lot” as he continued to go on unusual rants.
“Joe Rogan, we don’t need to make movies to faux anymore,” Johnson stated in a single video. “All of that is taking place, we’re coming to you. I’ve challenged you man-to-man to a struggle. Honorable. We don’t need to faux or make any movies. The world is watching, they’ll make the movies for us. You don’t have to carry the digital camera. You’ll be able to maintain the hand of someone that you simply love as a result of what occurs subsequent to you, you’re going to wish to do not forget that feeling.”
Johnson first got here to fame as a web-based influencer preaching “9 ancestral tenets” concerning his way of life the place he routinely eats uncooked meats whereas providing recommendation about his dietary consumption.
After denying for years that he by no means used any efficiency enhancing medicine to take care of his physique, Johnson admitted to utilizing steroids in 2022 after emails have been leaked that confirmed him spending as a lot as $11,000 per 30 days on anabolic steroids and different medicine.
If convicted, Johnson faces as much as 180 days in jail and as much as a $2,000 superb.
