Overview
- The tribunal correctionnel de Nice found Owen Cenazandotti (Naruto) and Safine Hamadi guilty of repeated violence and humiliation broadcast over thousands of hours and imposed suspended prison terms and fines.
- Naruto was sentenced to two years’ prison with suspension and a €15,000 fine while Safine received 18 months’ suspension and a €5,000 fine, and both were ordered on August 5, 2026 to a six-month bannissement numérique restricting use of the platforms involved.
- The trial did not reopen the question of Jean Pormanove’s death because the separate inquiry into his August 2025 on-air death was closed after autopsy findings in February 2026.
- The bannissement numérique blocks access to the specific services used to commit the offences and requires platforms to suspend or block accounts, but enforcement depends on companies such as Kick and noncompliance carries fines and criminal penalties for convicted users.
- Paris prosecutors are conducting parallel probes into Kick’s role and whether the streamers received undeclared pay, a scrutiny that follows reporting that the channel averaged about 20,000 viewers per live and generated monthly incomes for participants.