Muscle Mogul Turned Menace: Liver King Arrested Over Rogan Threats
Behold a clash of primal ambition and modern notoriety, unfolding beneath Austin’s sun-drenched sky. A figure born of raw liver feasts and Herculean selfies, Brian Johnson—better known as Netflix’s Liver King—has been ensnared in a real-life drama that reads like a tragic epic. According to the Austin Police Department and E! News, Johnson was taken into custody on June 24 after allegedly issuing terroristic threats to podcaster Joe Rogan via Instagram videos.
In scenes that jolt from muscle-bound bravado to handcuffed humility, detectives say Johnson declared in a June 23 post, “Joe Rogan, I’m calling you out, my name’s Liver King … I’m picking a fight with you, your rules, I’ll come to you whenever you’re ready.” Rogan, who had no prior encounters with Johnson, found these statements menacing enough to alert authorities. Officers obtained a warrant charging Johnson with a Class B misdemeanor count of terroristic threat, and by dusk he was quietly booked outside an Austin hotel “without incident,” sporting red sweatpants, a cut-off sweatshirt, and his signature utility vest.
This latest chapter follows Johnson’s meteoric rise—catapulted further by Netflix’s Untold: The Liver King, which premiered in May. Once celebrated for a carnivorous existence so extreme he once proclaimed, “Vegetables and testicles, I can have all of it,” he later confessed on camera to resorting to steroids and HGH in 2022, a revelation that shattered his “raw”—or so he claimed—image. In that same documentary, a contrite Johnson admitted, “I want the world to know I was wrong … an extreme approach to anything probably ain’t fucking working out,” redefining his narrative from unbroken sinew to flawed humanity.
Yet here, in the heat of an Austin summer, the tale pivots once more toward menace. Detectives note Johnson “was traveling to Austin while continuing to make threatening statements,” prompting swift action from law enforcement and a stark reminder that online bravado can bleed into genuine peril. While E! News reached out to Rogan and Johnson’s legal team for comment, the investigation remains active—and Johnson’s fate, at least for now, hangs in the balance of court dates yet to come.
A study in contrasts, this saga marries the spectacle of social-media celebrity with the solemnity of criminal procedure. It asks: can a man sculpted by carnivore ideology evade accountability once the roar of his audience dissipates? Or does every throne of muscle conceal cracks that only crises can reveal? The ink dries on yet another chapter of fame’s folly, leaving us to ponder whether this is the final curtain or merely an intermission.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and E! News, Austin Police Department
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