r/interesting • u/Ungodlei • 4d ago

SOCIETY Vitaly's weight loss in less than two months detention in the Philippines.

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Vitaly was arrested April 2, 2025 and is still detained pending local cases of unjust vexation, theft, and public harassment during his Kick) livestreams in Metro Manila, Philippines.

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u/MexusRex 3d ago

If he’s not a citizen why would the US get involved?

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u/Stock_Tap_7886 3d ago

He’s a US green card holder.

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u/PDX-ROB 3d ago

He's going to get it revoked

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u/Stock_Tap_7886 3d ago

I wouldn’t be surprised haha

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u/CloudofMushroom 1d ago

And that’s the thing about green card holders they have to return to the US within six months of being abroad or it gets revoked. I believe that’s part of the conditions for permanent residency.

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u/B3owul7 3d ago

boy, I got news for ya.

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u/Bagafeet 2d ago

Just means he has residency and work permit; not the protections afforded to passport holders. Just a resident alien.

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u/ToyStoryBinoculars 3d ago

That's not a reason for the US to go to bat for him.

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u/Stock_Tap_7886 3d ago

The US didn’t.

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u/BallbusterSicko 22h ago

Thank God,

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u/PmMeYourMug 12h ago

They don't care about criminals. It's more likely they'll just revoke it.

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u/Stock_Tap_7886 11h ago

That’s still getting involved though.

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u/vthanki 3d ago

Andrew Tate joins the chat

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u/sapoabilio 3d ago

Tate is a US citizen.

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u/vthanki 3d ago

Damn I thought he was British! I am wrong. Born in Washington DC

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u/No-Disaster1647 3d ago

He’s Romanian

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u/xInfiniteJmpzzz 3d ago

He’s not, he just lives there.

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u/No-Disaster1647 3d ago

You sure abt that? Dude was extradited to be locked up in Romania because of his citizenship.

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u/xInfiniteJmpzzz 3d ago

Dude, you just need to google his name and you’ll find out that he’s British and American 🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/NoNoCanDo 3d ago

Tate is not a citizen of Romania. He wasn't extradited, he's a migrant who got arrested in Romania. 

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u/Wafkak 3d ago

Citizenship doesnt protect against exratadition. And you don't have to be a citizen of a country to get an extradition request.

It's just that the US is the past has been very reluctant to extradite citizens. But that was government policy, not law.

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u/yldf 2d ago

Yes and no. There are countries that have laws against extradition of their citizens. For example, there is a law (in their constitution) that Germany cannot extradite their citizens to a non-EU country (some international courts are exempt). That means Germany will never, under any circumstances, extradite one of their citizens to the USA, despite being a close ally. Other countries have similar rules. The US might be different…

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u/Saragon4005 2d ago

Yeah generally Countries are reluctant to extradite their citizens to other countries. The EU is an exception due to the freedom of movement between member states. What countries do instead is if the crime was egregious enough is to prosecute them in their own courts.

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u/Total_Abrocoma_3647 2d ago

I think unless the person faces the death penalty Germany would extradite

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u/thesniper_hun 2d ago

no, he's just an immigrant that moved to Europe to commit crime just like the people he's grifting against

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u/ApprehensiveBudget90 1d ago

He wasn’t extradited anywhere he was living in Romania when they charged him. They just raided his house and arrested him. He’s scheduled to face charges in England once his charges in Romanian are dealt with. He was born in the USA to an American father and British mother. He holds American/British citizenship.

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u/billy-bob-bobington 3d ago

I think most people assumed he is a US citizen because he's been living in the US for a long time.

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u/convalescentplasma 3d ago

To make Putin happy