French Men Get Suspended Jail Sentences over Livestreamed Death
The court gave suspended prison terms, fines and six-month social media bans after finding the pair guilty of violence and incitement to hatred.
- On Wednesday, The Nice criminal court handed suspended prison sentences to two French streamers for inflicting violence and humiliation on 46-year-old Raphael Graven, known online as Jean Pormanove.
- The incident, which aired on the Australia-based Kick platform, shocked France last summer, prompting investigations by Arcom and Paris Prosecutors into the streaming service.
- Safine Hamadi and Owen Cenazandotti were found guilty of violence and incitement to hatred, though the court acquitted them of abusing Graven's psychological frailty after he told police he consented to the stunts.
- Hamadi received an 18-month suspended prison sentence and €5,000 fine, while Cenazandotti received two years suspended and €15,000, with both banned from social networks for six months. "The conviction is mainly symbolic," Tom Michel, Hamadi's lawyer, said.
- While Prosecutors said Graven's death appeared due to poor health, Australia-based Kick remains under formal investigation with arrest warrants issued for some of its officers.
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The court in Nice has convicted two men of aggravated assault and incitement to hatred in connection with the investigation into the death of French livestreamer Jean Pormanove. He was tortured during a twelve-day livestream on the streaming platform Kick in August last year, after which he died. After his death, the screen went black. Jean Pormanove was the online pseudonym of Raphaël Graven (46). He had over a million followers on various pla…
Safine Hamadi and Owen Cenazandotti, known online as "Safine" and "Naruto" were sentenced by the Nice Court for incitement to hatred and violence against Raphael Graven, the 46-year-old streamer known as Jean Pormanove and died on August 18, 2025 after more than 10 uninterrupted days of ill-treatment ordered by creators and alleged [...] L'articolo Streamer morto live su Kick: due creator convicto per incitemento all'odio e violence proviene da …
French men sentenced over livestream death
The pair were convicted of violence and incitement to hatred but cleared of causing the victim’s demise Two French livestreamers have received suspended prison sentences for repeatedly abusing and humiliating a man during online broadcasts before his death. A criminal court in Nice found Safine Hamadi and Owen Cenazandotti guilty of violence against 46-year-old Raphael...
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