Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, the Russian-born YouTuber and streamer known as VitalyzdTv, was arrested in April 2025 in the Philippines after livestreaming controversial pranks in Manila that included harassing locals, public disruption, theft attempts, and other offenses like trying to take a security guard’s firearm. He spent nearly nine months detained in Philippine custody, described by some as harsh “jail hell” conditions, facing charges such as unjust vexation, alarm and scandal, and related harass