{"id":1222,"date":"2025-12-16T08:08:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/?p=1222"},"modified":"2025-12-16T08:08:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:08:42","slug":"k-john-and-pazzo-man-face-court-over-yampano-intimate-video-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/16\/k-john-and-pazzo-man-face-court-over-yampano-intimate-video-leak\/entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"K John and Pazzo Man Face Court Over Yampano Intimate Video Leak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_20251127-172343_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1223\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4298015226570033;width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_20251127-172343_1.jpg 672w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_20251127-172343_1-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kalisa John (K John) and Ishimwe Patrick (Pazzo Man)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On 27 November, the Kicukiro Primary Court heard the case of Kalisa John (K John) and Ishimwe Patrick (Pazzo Man), accused of distributing pornographic videos of Rwandan artist Yampano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hearing began on Thursday but was adjourned to 4 December 2025 after the defendants appeared without lawyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pazzo Man requested legal representation, while K John was prepared to represent himself but shared the same case as Pazzo Man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) has also arrested three others Ishimwe Fran\u00e7ois Xavier, Cyprien Uzabakiriho (Djihad), and Kwizera Nestor (Pappy Nesta) for sharing the videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under Law No. 60\/2018, distributing explicit content, particularly involving minors, carries 3\u20135 years\u2019 imprisonment and fines of 1\u20133 million Rwandan francs, while other adult-related offences carry lighter penalties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 27 November, the Kicukiro Primary Court heard the case of Kalisa John (K John) and Ishimwe Patrick (Pazzo Man), accused of distributing pornographic videos [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1224,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222\/revisions\/1224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}