Overview
- Sergio Jiménez, 37, was found by family at his home near Barcelona with his webcam still transmitting to a private audience on New Year’s Eve.
- Relatives reported finding an almost empty whisky bottle, energy drinks and cocaine nearby, and said they heard viewers’ voices on the stream.
- Spanish reports say the paid challenge involved consuming a bottle of whisky and up to six grams of cocaine within three hours, a detail still subject to autopsy and forensic confirmation.
- Mossos d'Esquadra have opened a criminal probe, ordered an autopsy, and are tracing donations and participants as they assess potential incitement to risky behavior.
- Authorities released a public warning about dangerous viral challenges, and coverage notes Jiménez had recently appeared in videos with streamer Simón Pérez, drawing comparisons to a similar French case last year.