Overview

• The Nice prosecutor confirmed a death in a premises rented for gaming live streams near Nice, and the man was identified by his entourage as Raphaël Graven, 46, known online as Jean Pormanove.
• A Kick livestream showed him lying unresponsive under a duvet as others in the room tried to rouse him before the broadcast was cut, and fellow streamer Naruto urged people not to share the footage.
• The investigation has been entrusted to the brigade de recherches de Nice, with witness interviews underway and an autopsy expected, and prosecutors say nothing appears suspicious at this stage.
• Graven’s content had shifted from gaming to extreme challenges, including a recent '10 days and nights of torture' sequence featuring violent stunts and ingestion of supposedly toxic products, after amassing large followings on Kick, Twitch and TikTok.
• Mediapart’s earlier reporting on live-streamed humiliations of a disabled person prompted a preliminary inquiry that briefly placed co-streamers Naruto and Safine in custody in January, and on Tuesday minister Clara Chappaz said she referred the matter to Arcom, filed a Pharos report and contacted Kick.