Overview
- The anti-cyberviolence association Respect Zone filed the complaint on October 2, now reported publicly, alleging Kick failed to curb violent content and sexually explicit streams.
- The filing cites live broadcasts that showed assaults against French streamers Jean Pormanove and Coudoux, including blows, thrown objects, and psychological humiliation.
- Respect Zone says the streams drew numerous reports to Kick and to the government’s Pharos unit yet continued to circulate on the platform.
- Respect Zone’s lawyer, Laure Boutron-Marmiom, argues Kick is complicit by leaving violent or pornographic channels freely accessible to viewers, including minors, due to ineffective age checks.
- Separate from the complaint, the Paris prosecutor is investigating Pormanove’s on-stream death, with an autopsy ruling out third-party involvement, while the French government has announced plans to sue Kick under digital-economy rules.