French streamer dies live online after months of apparent mistreatment

Jean Pormanove, whose real name was Raphael Graven, died during a live video stream on the Kick platform. Photo: JeanPormanove/Twitter

French authorities are investigating the death of a man during a live video stream on the Kick platform, where he had regularly been shown enduring violence and humiliation.

Prosecutors ordered an autopsy and opened an investigation into the death of the man, aged 46, in the village of Contes, north of Nice, on Monday.