Two people convicted in relation to death of French streamer

Two radical successful France person been convicted of aggravated violence, pursuing an probe into the decease of a French streamer known for utmost challenges.

Raphaël Graven, 46, died successful a colony adjacent Nice successful August 2025. His decease was unrecorded broadcast connected the streaming level Kick.

The net property was routinely subjected to humiliation and maltreatment successful his content, which the convicted men, Safine Hamadi and Owen Cenazandotti, said occurred with his consent.

Hamadi and Cenazandotti person each been issued suspended situation sentences for their relation successful Graven's death, and ordered to wage fines of €5,000 (£4283) and €15,000 (£12,848) respectively.

Neither antheral was charged with the manslaughter of Graven, besides known arsenic Jean Pormanove, aft the prosecution said probable causes of decease appeared to beryllium related to his mediocre wellness and fragile heart.

The tribunal besides acquitted them of abusing Graven's intelligence frailty, arsenic helium had told constabulary anterior to his decease that helium had consented to the stunts, Hamadi's lawyer told Reuters.

Hamadi, who expressed remorse during the trial, received an 18-month suspended situation sentence. Cenazandotti received a two-year suspended situation sentence.

Both men person been banned from posting connected Kick for six months.

Kick, the streaming platform, remains nether probe by French authorities. In a connection to the New York Times connected Thursday, it said it was not a enactment to the proceedings against Hamadi and Cenazandotti, and had nary remark connected the outcome.

It added: "The ruling relates solely to 2 idiosyncratic contented creators."

Graven had much than 1 cardinal followers crossed his assorted societal media platforms and had built a beardown assemblage connected Kick.

During broadcasts connected the platform, different streamers would regularly taxable the 46-year-old to acts of unit and verbal humiliation.

Graven was recovered dormant successful Contes, a colony northbound of Nice, successful August 2025. Local media astatine the clip reported that a livestream connected 18 August showed the antheral lying lifeless connected a mattress covered with a duvet.

The video has since been removed from Kick.