Overview

• Nice prosecutors opened an inquiry for ‘recherche des causes de la mort’ and ordered an autopsy, with the police judiciaire leading the investigation.
• Footage from the Kick stream shows him unresponsive in bed as another man throws a plastic bottle before the live is cut, with counters displaying more than 298 hours of streaming and €36,411 in donations.
• Digital minister Clara Chappaz called the case “an absolute horror,” referred it to Arcom and filed a Pharos report, and sought explanations from Kick.
• Kick said it is saddened by the death, is urgently reviewing the circumstances and cooperating, and pointed to community rules prohibiting content that represents or incites odious violence.
• The death overlaps with an earlier probe into months of filmed humiliations and alleged assaults involving the ‘Narutovie’ and ‘Safine’ channels; Narutovie’s lawyer denies any responsibility and says he will file a cyberharassment complaint.