Overview
- A criminal court in Nice found two co‑streamers guilty of serious bodily harm, incitement to hate or violence online and discrimination and handed down suspended prison terms, fines, six‑month bans on online publication and reported seizure of IT equipment.
- One defendant was sentenced to two years in prison on probation with a €15,000 fine and the other to 18 months on probation with a €5,000 fine, both barred from publishing online for six months.
- Prosecutors said the convictions relate to a pattern of staged or real humiliation and beatings of Raphaël Graven (known as Jean Pormanove) and another streamer between 2023 and 2025, supported in court by hours of video showing slaps, kicks, whippings and strikes.
- An earlier autopsy and the prosecutor concluded that Graven’s death in August 2025 was caused by medical reasons and not by third‑party violence, a finding that remains separate from the abuse convictions.
- The case highlights how large audiences and payment incentives on platforms such as Kick and Twitch rewarded extreme content and is likely to intensify scrutiny of platform moderation, broadcaster accountability and how livestreamed abuse is policed.