Johnny Klebitz

**Jonathan "Johnny" Klebitz** is a character in the *Grand Theft Auto* series. He appears as a supporting character in *Grand Theft Auto IV* and *The Ballad of Gay Tony*, the protagonist of *The Lost and Damned*, and a minor character in *Grand Theft Auto V*. He is also mentioned in *Grand Theft Auto Online*.

Johnny was the vice president of The Lost MC, serving as an acting president while president Billy Grey was in rehab following his arrest in 2008. As acting president, Johnny maintained a relative peace between The Lost and the gang's rivals, The Angels of Death, though the truce is quickly broken following Billy's release later that same year. Billy's leadership creates many problems for The Lost, which Johnny attempts to solve by assisting both fellow gang members and other criminals in Liberty City. However, his and Billy's conflicting views on how the gang should be run lead to arguments between the two and their respective supporters, which eventually escalate into a civil war among The Lost. After Billy is arrested again during a failed attempt to set Johnny up, the latter becomes the official president of The Lost and ends the war. However, his efforts to save the gang prove ultimately fruitless, as a conflict with Ray Boccino leads to The Lost losing most of their members and clubhouse.

By 2013, the events of *Grand Theft Auto V*, Johnny and the remaining members of The Lost have relocated to Sandy Shores, Blaine County, where the gang was able to rebuild most of its manpower and entered a working business relationship with Trevor Philips. However, this partnership comes to an end after Johnny is murdered by Trevor when he confronts him about Trevor having sex with Johnny's former girlfriend, Ashley Butler.

## Biography

### Childhood

Johnny Klebitz was born in 1974 in Acter, Alderney to a Jewish family. He has an older brother, Michael Klebitz, who used to be friends with Billy Grey when Johnny was 10. Ironically, Michael is a soldier serving in Iraq, and a law-abiding citizen, and criticizes Johnny's biker lifestyle and criminal association with Billy.

### Adult life

According to Billy, it was him who initiated a young Johnny into The Lost MC. Johnny's criminal record shows rigorous activity between 1991 and 1994, when Johnny would have been between 17 and 20. He was put in prison soon after, and had a parole violation in 2000, meaning he did up to six years. At one point, Johnny tells a friend of Thomas Stubbs that he has not had an annual salary since he "punched out license plates for a year in the joint." During Off Route, when driving the prison bus, Johnny compares it to "driving an eighteen-wheeler", suggesting he may have experience of truck driving. One of the patches on Johnny's jacket reads "*I Rode Mine to Los Santos in 2004.*" Among his many scars, it has also been implied that he is weak or even blind in one eye; when talking to Clay Simons, he says "*Oh. I should use my good eye.*" Also, during a conversation with Billy early on in *The Lost and Damned*, Johnny states that he weighs 230 lbs.

Johnny, unlike Billy, actually cares about business and goes to great lengths to keep the club running, but is quick to shut down anyone who is wrong or disobeys him. Alongside his best friend Jim Fitzgerald, Johnny seems to care the most about The Lost out of everyone in the gang. Johnny is also much more headstrong and sensible than the other bikers.

Johnny and Ashley Butler used to date, but he ended the relationship with her due to her affair with Billy, as well as her drug addiction, which Johnny believes ruined her life. Despite this, he is shown to still care about Ashley and will do anything to protect her, such as the time he dropped what he was doing to give her aid upon receiving a phone call from her. Johnny also sympathizes with Roman Bellic, a complete stranger to him, later in the mission Roman's Holiday, even asking the Russians to go easy on him, though Johnny had no choice in the kidnapping, as it was the only way to pay off Ashley's debt to Dimitri Rascalov.

### Events of *The Lost and Damned*

In 2008, Billy is arrested for drug distribution and placed in a court-ordered rehab. As acting president of The Lost, Johnny manages to secure a truce with gang's longtime rivals, the Angels of Death, after selling Billy's bike. Immediately after Billy gets out of rehab, he becomes angry with Johnny for losing his bike, and leads The Lost, including Johnny, in an attack on the Angels to recover it. This creates tension between the two gangs, which quickly escalates into a new war between The Lost and the Angels of Death.

Johnny grows frustrated with Billy after the latter returns to his old habits and throws several parties at The Lost clubhouse to celebrate his release instead of focusing on how to better run the gang and raise money. While being visited by part-time lawyer, part-time biker Dave Grossman, Johnny has a sit-down with Billy to discuss the growing tension between them. Just as they start agreeing with each other's point of view, Billy is informed of several members of The Lost being jumped by the Angels of Death. Johnny joins Billy and other bikers to rescue the attacked Lost members, after which Billy is informed of the death of Jason Michaels, who was killed by an Eastern European in Broker. Billy manipulates the situation by blaming the Angels of Death, and rallies The Lost to attack their clubhouse. During the attack, Billy finds two duffel bags full of heroin and steals them with the intention of selling them. This creates even more tension between him and Johnny.

Billy later asks Johnny to meet with Elizabeta Torres, who found a buyer for the stolen heroin. Joined by Elizabeta's associates Niko Bellic and Playboy X , Johnny attempts to sell the heroin, but the deal is revealed to be an LCPD sting operation. After some commotion, Johnny is able to escape with the heroin. Shortly after, Billy sends Johnny to meet with Congressman Thomas Stubbs III to help him with "some dirty laundry" and other sensitive situations, believing Stubbs' friendship will prove useful to The Lost in the near future.

Eventually, The Lost find that the stolen heroin belonged to the Triads, and Johnny and Jim advise to return it to avoid another conflict. After some debating, Billy and The Lost's secretary, Brian Jeremy, agree with them, but although they accompany them to the deal's location, they refuse to partake in the exchange, electing to stand guard. Unbeknownst to Johnny and Jim, Billy met with the Triads earlier and told them that they can kill the pair on sight, having become angry with their disloyalty to him. As soon as Johnny and Jim meet with the Triads, they are attacked, forcing them to abandon the heroin and escape. During the commotion, Billy attempts to abandon the pair, but crashes his bike and is arrested by the LCPD, while furiously yelling that Johnny set him up.

Following this incident, Johnny becomes the official president of The Lost, but finds his leadership being challenged by Brian, who blames Johnny for Billy's arrest and has formed his own faction of loyalists within the gang. After some failed peace negotiations, The Lost and Brian's gang go to war, which eventually comes to an end after Ray Boccino, who regularly does deals with The Lost and wishes to resume business, betrays Brian's hideout, allowing Johnny to go there and deal with him.

During this time, Jim introduces Johnny to Malc and DeSean of the Uptown Riders, who he later finds himself paired with during a few jobs for Elizabeta. Ashley also contacts Johnny for assistance, as she is indebted to Dimitri Rascalov's men. A reluctant Johnny agrees to help, and kidnaps Roman Bellic with Malc's help, delivering him to a warehouse in Bohan as instructed.

Eventually, Boccino decides to call in the favor Johnny owes him, and reaches out to him through Ashley. Boccino instructs Johnny to steal a shipment of diamonds about to be bought by Tony Prince, which he does successfully, before hiding them in trash bags so that Boccino's men can retrieve them after the heat goes down. Once the diamonds are recovered, Boccino sends Johnny to accompany Niko Bellic to The Libertonian so that they can sell them to the Jewish mob, offering to split the profit 50/50. However, the deal is ambushed by Luis Lopez, and in the confusion, Johnny decides to betray Boccino and escape with the money. Furious upon learning of this, Boccino has Jim captured and tortured before using his phone to lure Johnny to Drusilla's. The pair manage to escape and split up, but afer dealing with hitmen sent by Boccino, Johnny is informed by Ashley that Jim was killed (secretly by Niko).

Following this loss, Thomas Stubbs visits Johnny at the clubhouse and warns him to stay away from Boccino, who is being monitored by the feds and will likely be dead or in jail within a month or so. Stubbs also reveals that Billy plans to rat out Johnny and other members of The Lost to enter witness protection, prompting Johnny to rally the gang to storm the Alderney State Correctional Facility and silence Billy. Although the assault leaves many Lost members dead, Johnny is able to execute Billy before he and the survivors return to the clubhouse. Finding it ransacked by Boccino's men, Johnny and the remaining Lost members conclude that their Alderney chapter is over and decide to burn down the clubhouse, watching it burn from outside.

### Post-*The Lost and Damned*

After the completion of the story, Johnny's life is in turmoil. Billy's betrayal has caused the Alderney chapter of The Lost to be left in ruins, with the only remaining members being Terry Thorpe, Clay Simons, Angus Martin, and Johnny himself. Johnny stops contacting Ashley after she asks him to give her $40 which Johnny declines - knowing she would use it to buy more meth. Johnny even confesses to Angus that he doesn't see any good in Ashley other than the need for her to, in his words, "fuck up everything around her." Johnny also cuts his ties with Thomas Stubbs, declining his offer to work for him and sarcastically wishing him good luck in his corrupt life. In a phone call he makes to Angus, Johnny reveals his intentions to distance himself from The Lost and the criminal lifestyle for the time being, as he wants to focus on sending money to Jim's widow and child - which is the $2 million he stole from the diamond deal ambush.

### Events of *Grand Theft Auto Online*

At some point between 2008 and 2013, Johnny returned to the criminal lifestyle and he, Terry, Clay, Ashley and several other members of The Lost relocated to Blaine County, where they set up a new chapter. The gang then became heavily involved in drugs and arms trading. Johnny also quickly became addicted to meth – most likely due to Ashley's influence, who he got back together with – making him much thinner and psychologically unstable. During this period, The Lost became affiliated with Trevor Philips, who ran a trading business here as well. The relationship between them seemed to be shaky however, as Trevor frequently sent a hitman to steal goods from The Lost and often had sex with Ashley, much to Johnny's chagrin.

While Johnny does not make any physical appearances in *Grand Theft Auto Online*, he is mentioned by Trevor's business partner Ron Jakowski in the mission Romance Isn't Dead.

### Events of *Grand Theft Auto V*

#### Death

> I messed up.
>
> Johnny's final words.

In autumn 2013, Johnny finally decides to confront Trevor after the latter had sex with Ashley once again. Unfortunately for him, Trevor just found out that his former friend, Michael Townley, is still alive, and he snaps, throwing Johnny to the ground, smashing a Pißwasser beer bottle against his face, then repeatedly stomping on his head as Ron Jakowski, Wade Hebert, and Ashley all watch in horror. Trevor then leaves the scene with Ron and Wade to deal with the rest of The Lost chapter, leaving Ashley to mourn over Johnny's dead body.

Johnny is later briefly mentioned on the second bail bond, in a conversation between Trevor and the bounty target, Larry Tupper.

He is also mentioned by the owner of the Sandy Shores Ammu-Nation branch owner, Melvin, stating that Johnny wasn't that bad of a guy, but then Trevor tells Melvin that he has a bit of Johnny on his foot if he is "pining for a reunion" with him.

## Personality

Johnny is relaxed and laid back most of the time. He wants to think all plans and actions through and doesn't want to make any risky decisions. He is very easily angered and will become aggressive and violent when provoked. He shows some hesitation about killing people whom he thinks don't deserve it, and also has his limit about killing. He is reluctant to kill Brian Jeremy and Billy Grey because he considered them his "brothers" in the past, even if they betrayed and tried to kill him. On one occasion, he also asks Elizabeta if killing so many people on a job was really necessary. Overall, Johnny's attitude about murder seems to be that he is capable of doing so in cold blood but believes that the murder should be justified.

Johnny will always carry out orders given to him even if he disagrees with them, but will vent his frustration when doing so. Over the course of Clean and Serene, Johnny claims that he has given up on faith and instead believes in religion. Johnny has an anti-war and anti-politics stance, claiming both exist to "make the fat cats fatter". Johnny has a strong disliking for cars, referring to them as "cages".

In terms of morality, Johnny is one of the most moral *GTA* protagonists, being one of the few to successfully leave behind the criminal lifestyle, at the end of *The Lost and Damned*'s main storyline. He did so because the Alderney chapter of The Lost was essentially over, but also due to the guilt he felt for his role in Jim Fitzgerald's death, which led him to give most of his money to Jim's widow and child. However, he eventually relapsed into his criminal habits by the time the events of *Grand Theft Auto V* take place, and met his demise because of this, similarly to Victor Vance, who was killed in an ambushed drug deal after returning to dealing drugs with his brother Lance.

By 2013, Johnny has developed an out-of-control meth addiction and, as a result, has become mentally and physically weaker. Because of this, he is easily intimidated and overpowered by Trevor and seems to have lost most of his courage. Johnny's drug addiction is possibly a result of Ashley's influence, as the two got back together after Johnny previously cut ties with her because she refused to improve her life and fight her addiction.

## Physical Appearance

Johnny has hazel eyes, dark blond buzzcut hair and a horseshoe moustache. Johnny has plenty of scars on his face that were gained most likely during many brutal fights, some of which include two scars on his right eyebrow and a scar on his left cheek. His nose is unusually crooked, likely due to a fight or an accident. Johnny has one weak eye, as when failing at air hockey or pool, he justifies it by saying "Oh, I should use my good eye". Johnny also has many physical injuries from a few serious motorbike accidents. Many of those injuries he received are a broken nose and a lack of speed when walking, running, or sprinting. Johnny has a number of tattoos, such as a demonic face on the right side of his neck. He also wears a golden earring in his left ear; however, this is absent in *GTA IV* and *GTA V*.

Unlike Niko, who was much more slender in appearance, Johnny is a much more brawny, burly and heavily built character (possibly built up during his time in prison). During Clean and Serene, Johnny mentions that he weighs 230 lb. His clothing and basic appearance has changed drastically since *Grand Theft Auto IV*. In *GTA IV*, he does not wear his black jacket with the current Lost MC patch on the back. He, instead, wears a light brown vest with a darker Lost MC patch on the back, and beige pants with brown Hinterland boots. His skin is paler than in *The Lost and Damned*, and some of his scars and tattoos on his face are a bit more visible. He is also more slender. In *The Ballad of Gay Tony* he looks exactly the same as in *The Lost and Damned*, although his Vice President patch is still present during both Frosting on the Cake and Not So Fast. In *Grand Theft Auto V*, however, Johnny has become much thinner, his skin is paler and he has more visible tattoos and scars on his face, a result of his methamphetamine addiction. His outfit is almost identical, with the exception of blue jeans rather than gray.

Johnny is an extremely dirty and unhygienic character. He only ever wears his The Lost MC jacket and during his idle animations, he'll often sniff his underarms with a disgusted reaction from doing so. Stubbs himself mentioned Johnny's body odor, stating that he commits a "crime against hygiene" (this can be heard during a phone call in one of the Stubbs' Dirty Laundry side missions).

## Patches

Johnny's jacket, like any outlaw motorcycle club members', has a lot of patches on it. Here they are, along with their signification:

* **Vice President** - Showing Johnny's position within the club. This changes to **President** after This Shit's Cursed.
* **TLMC** - An abbreviation of the club's name.
* **White Wings** - Indicates that he had sex with a virgin.
* **Golden Wings** - Indicates that he has drank a woman's urine.
* **Brown Wings** - Indicates that he has performed oral-anal sex on a woman.
* **Red Wings** - Indicates that he has performed oral sex on a menstruating woman.
* **I Rode Mine to Los Santos in 2004** - He, Brian, and Terry are the only members who have got this patch.
* **Skull** - Indicates that he has killed for the club.
* **8-Ball** - Indicates that he has served time for the club.
* **Loyal** - Indicates his loyalty to the club (during The Lost civil war).

## Crimes Committed by Johnny

* The gang shootout against the Angels of Death in Northwood.
* The chase and murder of several Angels of Death members in Alderney.
* Three gang shootouts against the Angels of Death in Alderney.
* The bombing of the Angels of Death clubhouse and the murder of several Angels of Death members.
* The theft of several motorbikes and the shootout against the Angels of Death at the Skyway Diner.
* The murders of Ed McCornish, Jimmy Matthews, and a number of LCPD officers.
* The theft of 10 motorbikes for Angus Martin.
* Numerous shootouts against rival gangs throughout Liberty City and Alderney.
* The attempted sale of heroin and the shootout against the LCPD in Schottler.
* The murder of Arthur Stubbs.
* The theft of a prison bus and the release of a number of inmates.
* Helping a CEO evade arrest.
* The murder of a congressman.
* The blackmail of a congressman.
* The murder of Dan the lawyer.
* The theft of Bryce Dawkins's Infernus.
* The murder of several drug addicts.
* The attempted sale of heroin and the shootout against the Triads in Chinatown.
* The destruction of three Angels Of Death vans.
* The shootout against Brian Jeremy's bikers in Leftwood.
* The attack of Brian Jeremy's safehouse and the murder of his bodyguards.
* The murder of Brian Jeremy.
* The shootout against the Angels of Death at a toll booth and the theft of a Slamvan full of cocaine.
* Helping Marta evade arrest and the shootout against the LCPD at Francis International Airport.
* The attempted sale of cocaine and the escape from and shootout against the LCPD.
* The kidnapping of Roman Bellic for the Russian Mafia.
* The murder of Evan Moss and his bodyguards and the theft of a shipment of diamonds.
* The attempted sale of stolen diamonds to the Jewish mob, the theft of $2 million, and the shootout against Ray Boccino's men at The Libertonian.
* The murder of Ray Boccino's hitmen who tried to kill him.
* The attack of the Alderney State Correctional Facility, the shootout against the LCPD and NOOSE, and the murder of Billy Grey.

### Other Crimes Committed (player-determinant)

* Grand Theft Auto
* Carjacking
* Manslaughter
* Resisting Arrest
* Mass Homicide
* Violating Gun Control laws
* Looting
* Dangerous Driving
* Driving under the Influence
* Assault

## Vehicle

Johnny's primary mode of transportation was a customized LCC Hexer with a white and blue paintjob, a reference to his Jewish heritage (white and blue are the colours of the flag of Israel). In the mission Shifting Weight, Johnny's bike is destroyed after the gas tank is shot with a glock, but it reappears in full working order after the mission, suggesting it was repaired. In his appearances in *Grand Theft Auto IV*, Johnny rode a red Hellfury. It is unknown if Johnny still had his Hexer when he was living in Blaine County.

## Mission Appearances

### *Grand Theft Auto IV*

* Blow Your Cover
* Museum Piece

### *The Lost and Damned*

* As the protagonist, he appears in all missions.

### *The Ballad of Gay Tony*

* I Luv LC
* Frosting on the Cake
* Not So Fast

## Gallery

JohnnyKlebitz-TLAD-Artwork2.jpgGeneral game artwork of Johnny for *GTA EFLC*.JohnnyKlebitz-Artwork.jpgConcept artwork of Johnny Klebitz.JohnnyKlebitz-TLAD-ArtworkMix.jpgConcept artwork of Johnny Klebitz on an Angel, though his signature bike is a Hexer.JohnnyKlebitz-TLAD-Screenshot.jpgJohnny Klebitz in 2008.Action-Reaction (deadbeats clubhouse inside).jpgJohnny in combat. (Mission: Action/Reaction)JohnnyKlebitz-GTAIV.jpgJohnny's different appearance in *GTA IV*.Johnny GTA IV in-game.PNGJohnny sitting on a bench.Hexer-TLAD-front.jpgJohnny's custom Hexer.BadCopDrop-TLAD.jpgJohnny riding along with Jim. (Mission: Bad Cop Drop)JohnnyAshley-TLAD.jpgJohnny and Ashley sitting on the clubhouse's stairs. (Mission: Was It Worth It?)AshleyButlersApartment-TLAD-Portrait.pngPortrait of Ashley and Johnny found inside Ashley's apartment in Acter in *The Lost and Damned*.JohnnyKlebitz-TLAD-PoliceFight.jpgJohnny fighting against the police.TheLostBrotherhood-TLAD.jpgJohnny Klebitz (center) with other members of The Lost Brotherhood. He is holding an AKSTemplate:Fact (folding stock variant of the AK-47), which is never seen in-game.ThisShit'sCrused-TLAD.jpgJohnny along with *The Lost* motorcycle club. (Mission: This Shit's Cursed)TheLostMC-TLAD-FormationRide.jpgJohnny and *The Lost* riding in formation.JohnnyKlebitz-TLAD-PackLeader.jpgJohnny leading *The Lost* MC.JohnnyKlebitz-GTAIV-TattooSideProfile.pngSide profile showing tattoo. Johnny meets Niko Bellic in *GTA IV*. (Mission: Blow Your Cover)Collector'sItem-TLAD-MeetingNiko.jpgJohnny meets Niko in the mission Collector's Item.Trevor&Johnny-GTA5.jpgTrevor calming Johnny down, moments before killing him.JohnnyKlebitz-GTAV-Death.jpgJohnny's corpse in the enhanced version.Ashley&Johnny-GTAV.jpgJohnny's dead body being cradled by Ashley.JohnnyKlebitz-GTAV-Newspaper.jpgA newspaper in *GTA V*, depicting Johnny.JohnnyKlebitz-GTAIV-TLAD-GTAV-Comparison.pngJohnny's appearances in *GTA IV*, *EFLC*, and *GTA V* compared side-by-side.
1. ↑ Gold Medal requirement for Mr. Philips mission confirmed canon in *GTA Online: Bikers*.