A TikTok star who correctly predicted daily case numbers and gave a rousing speech at an anti-lockdown protest has been left fighting for his life with Covid in intensive care.
Jon-Benard Kairouz, 24, is currently in a Covid ward at St George Hospital in Kogarah, in Sydney's south, his lawyer has confirmed.
Mr Kairouz was charged with two counts of not complying with Covid-19 directions and one count of encouraging the commission of crimes after he attended a violent protest in Sydney's CBD on July 24.
The prankster's lawyer Eidan Havas revealed his Covid-positive client was forced to give instructions from his hospital bed, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
The controversial comedian pleaded not guilty to all three counts when the case came before the Bankstown Local Court on Tuesday.
Jon-Bernard Kairouz and his father Richard Kairouz (pictured together) have been hospitalised with Covid-19
'This should highlight to everyone in NSW how serious Covid-19 is and everyone should be getting vaccinated and staying home in order to stop the transmission of this terrible virus,' Mr Havas told the outlet.
The case has been adjourned to Sydney's Local Downing Centre Local Court on October 26.
While the TikTok star was removed from ICU on Wednesday afternoon, his father continues to battle the deadly disease in the same facility.
Richard Kairouz, a gym owner, was admitted to hospital nearly a fortnight ago and has been placed in an induced coma in the intensive care unit.
A source close to the family said last week that they have been hit hard by Covid.
Jon-Bernard Kairouz (pictured) shot to fame after he correctly predicted the daily number of NSW case numbers in NSW
'He was symptomatic ... and kept deteriorating,' they said, referring to Mr Kairouz senior.
'(He) decided to go to hospital on the Saturday afternoon. The whole family is at home in isolation.
'After predicting the Covid-19 numbers daily, (Jon-Bernard) couldn't predict that he (his dad) would contract it.'
Mr Kairouz junior became known as 'the TikTok guy' after repeatedly revealing the NSW Covid tally hours before Premier Gladys Berejiklian earlier this year.
His sensational five-day streak ended in July when he got the numbers wrong, leading to speculation NSW Health had set up a 'sting' to catch the conspirator leaking the 24-year-old the case numbers.
His streak ended on July 19 with his prediction of 109, beyond the actual figure of 98.
Kairouz has repeatedly insisted his predictions are the result of 'simple maths', but has not
