Japan incidents

During his travels to Japan, Ismael made anti-Japanese taunts towards the Japanese people there,^[9][10] which include comments about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki^[11][12] and threats of bombing Japan with nuclear weapons while he was on a train.^[13] Several times after these comments, he was assaulted and called racial slurs by some locals who recognized him in public.^[14][15]

In June 2023, Ismael went to the Tokyo Disney Resort and played music with lyrics containing the phrase "atomic bomb" and recorded guests' reactions without their permission.^[16]

In August 2023, Ismael, who was masked, and Jeremiah Dwane Branch, who was recording for him went into a hotel construction site in Osaka, where he then yelled "Fukushima" at the construction workers. After the construction workers kicked them out, they were both arrested on suspicion of trespassing.^[17][18][19] In September they were arrested on the suspicion of conspiracy of obstruction of business when they disrupted a restaurant by playing extremely loud noises and music during business hours.^[20][21] He stated that the reason the music was playing was because of the phone producer, Huawei, who "put a Chinese virus on the phone". This was later brought up in court where the judge found him guilty and stated "he could've just turned down the volume on his phone".^[22]

On December 19, 2023, Ismael, who had been in custody since his second arrest, appeared at the Osaka District Court of the charge of conspiracy of obstruction of business.^[23] The charge of trespassing on a construction site was dropped. Prosecutors requested a fine of ¥200,000.^[24] Ismael later admitted to lying to in court to the judge and prosecutor, claiming that he made no money from his videos.^[25] A verdict of guilt was reached on January 10, 2024. He was fined ¥200,000 (the equivalent of $1,400) and voluntarily returned to the United States.^[26] In March 2024, Ismael stopped doing IRL Streaming and instead opted for "Zoom trolling", mostly targeting Zoom calls involving Japanese people.^[27]

Israeli incidents

On March 25, 2024, Ismael went to Tel Aviv, Israel, where he became involved in altercations with local Arab and Jewish people there. He was then confronted and beaten.^[28][29] As a result of his IRL stream, Ismael was suspended from Kick for a week due to inciting and promoting violent behavior.^[30]

On April 7, 2024, Ismael was reportedly attacked and detained at a protest in Tel Aviv, Israel for disrespecting a female police officer. After his release 16 minutes later, Ismael went live again on the same day and claimed to have witnessed a mass shooting at a restaurant.^[31] On April 9, it was reported that he was arrested for his disrespecting act on the female policer officer on April 7 for calling the female officer vulgar names like "bitch" and stating that he will "slap that ass" as he was also stating that he was from the United States as an excuse for his actions, stating "I'm from America, bitch".^[32] He is waiting a hearing ahead of his deportation from Israel.^[33]

Due to his actions and recent arrests in Israel, Ismael received a ban from Jerusalem for 50 days.^[34]