France opens inquiry into 'violent' death of Kick streamer 'JP' - UPI.com

Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Authorities in France opened an investigation into the live-streamed death of French streamer "JP."

France-based streamer Raphael Graven, who went by the online alias "Jean Pormanove" or simply "JP," reportedly died Monday after being subjected to about 10 days of violence and sleep deprivation during a streaming.

According to French prosecutors, Graven died at a property near Nice in the village of Contes, miles from the Mediterranean Sea and the Principality of Monaco.

"Jean Pormanove was humiliated and mistreated for months live on the Kick platform," stated Clara Chappaz, France's digital affairs and artificial intelligence minister.

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