Liver King arrested, accused of threatening Joe Rogan in online rant

An influencer who once rose to internet fame is now behind bars after publicly picking a fight with one of the biggest names in podcasting

Local news station KXAN in Austin, Texas, Rogan's hometown, confirmed that police arrested influencer Brian Johnson, also known as the Liver King

He's facing a misdemeanor charge of making a terroristic threat. A video posted to Johnson's Instagram on Tuesday shows him being arrested

Someone behind the camera claims he'll be bailed out soon and according to KXAN, the

police did confirm Johnson made threats to Rogan, who said he has never had any interaction

with Johnson, but considered the Instagram post threatening. I have zero training in judicial

You're a black belt. You should dismantle me without thinking of fighting with you

Your rules, I'll come to you whenever you're ready. just before his arrest

posted a string of videos to his page, including one where he rambled about Rogan

for several minutes. This I'm arrested. I don't know this container goes to mothership

You go to Joe Rogan. It doesn't. It goes to the guy who let me in

That container is a box with Rogan podcast logo on the top Rogan reportedly previously mocked Johnson for his appearance and it seems Johnson has since blamed Rogan for his public fall from grace

White vegetables when you can what? Eat testicles. Johnson built a massive following off his ancestral living lifestyle

eating raw meat, working out daily, and selling supplements to his fans, who he calls primals

But a Netflix doc revealed how the downfall happened since he had been taking steroids despite preaching natural living, damaging his credibility

Now some of his followers think this incident could be something deeper

with one commenting on X alluding to Johnson possibly going through a psychotic episode

while taking methylene blue, a supplement Johnson added to his list of ancestral tenants last year

Another user said, The moment Liver King drank ayahuasca, he was gone

You don't do psychedelics to find yourself, you do them to open a door. and sometimes the thing that walks through doesn't leave

While a Reddit user simply called Johnson out for the very thing he's being exposed for

saying, steroids man, they mess you up. As of Wednesday morning, authorities say this is an ongoing investigation

While the charge he faces is a misdemeanor, the situation is still unfolding

With Straight Arrow News, I'm Kennedy Felton. Download our app or visit san.com for more