Overview
- The trial that opened Monday in Nice charges Owen Cenazandotti (Naruto) and Safine Hamadi with group violence, abuse of vulnerability, and hate speech for filmed humiliations and assaults aired on the Jean Pormanove channel.
- Investigators and an autopsy concluded there was no third‑party intervention in Raphaël Graven’s death and the death inquiry was closed in February, which limits the Nice prosecution to the filmed violences rather than the cause of death.
- Prosecutors told the court that the streams generated large payouts: they reported roughly €140,000 to Raphaël Graven from 2021–2025, about €460,000 to Naruto from 2022–2025, and more than €200,000 to Safine from 2021–2025.
- Defendants and some participants insist the scenes were staged performance intended to draw viewers, while the victim’s family is seeking to join the case as a civil party and wants the matter referred to a cour d'assises for possible retrial on wider charges.
- Kick banned the Lokal channel after the death and a separate Paris investigation is probing the platform’s moderation, payment practices and level of cooperation with police, a development that could influence future platform regulation.