US EditionTwo French Streamers in Custody over Death During Live Broadcast
Two livestreamers face charges including assault and incitement after a 12-day abuse marathon broadcast on Kick led to the death of fellow streamer Raphaël Graven.
- On Jan 27 in MARSEILLE, two French livestreamers were taken into custody in a months-long probe into the on-camera death of Raphaël Graven broadcast live on the Australia-based Kick platform.
- Prosecutors say their probe began in December 2024 after they found footage showing Raphaël Graven insulted, struck, his hair pulled and shot with paintball guns during 'trash streaming'.
- Nice prosecutor Damien Martinelli said Owen Cenazandotti, 26, and Safine Hamadi, 23, face assault and incitement charges but deny responsibility for Raphaël Graven’s death after a 12-day live abuse marathon.
- France's government has pursued legal steps while Paris prosecutors investigate the Australia-based Kick platform, noting all three streamers were held in January last year but released after claiming the acts were staged.
- The Aug 18, 2025 death on a 200,000-follower channel stunned authorities and the public, and the autopsy finding ruled out intervention by a third party, prosecutors reported.
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Two French streamers in custody over death during live broadcast
Two French streamers were taken into custody on Tuesday, prosecutors said, as part of an investigation into the on-camera death of streamer Raphaël Graven in August 2025 following a 12-day marathon of abuse broadcast via the Kick platform.
France seeks arrest warrants for Aussie streaming platform Kick after man dies on live broadcast
PARIS, Jan 28 — French prosecutors requested arrest warrants yesterday for the managers of Australian streaming service Kick over a man’s death during a live broadcast on the platform.The 46-year-old Frenchman, Raphael Graven—known online as “Jean Pormanove” or “JP”—died in August 2025 during a 12-day livestream that featured him enduring abuse and humiliation by other participants.Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said she was asking the presiding…
After the detention in police custody of streamers Naruto and Safiane after an investigation opened in 2024 into the death of Jean Pormanove, raped and humiliated live for 12 days, it's the turn of the platform
The public prosecutor's office in Paris also refers to "suspicious financial flows" between the company and Jean Pormanove's chain.
Forty-six-year-old Jean Pormanove did not wake up after a three-hundred-hour stream. Authorities had been monitoring the videos for a year and a half.
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