Autopsy rules out ‘trauma’ in live-streamed death of man in France
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Raphael Graven, known online as Jean Pormanove, built a following of hundreds of thousands on Australian streaming platform Kick by putting on live shows in which he was abused or humiliated.
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- French streamer Raphael Graven, "Jean Pormanove", died during a live-stream near Nice; a post-mortem found no trauma or third-party involvement.
- Prosecutor Damien Martinelli suggests "medical andor toxicological" causes; further tests are underway, and Graven had potential heart and thyroid issues.
- Kick banned co-streamers and is re-evaluating French content due to the incident and its platform's less stringent user terms.
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MARSEILLE, France - A post-mortem on a Frenchman who died during a video live-stream found that he was not killed by trauma or a third party, a public prosecutor said on Aug 21.
“The probable causes of death appear to be medical and/or toxicological,” Nice prosecutor Damien Martinelli said, adding that further tests had been ordered.
Raphael Graven, known online as “Jean Pormanove” or “JP”, died on Aug 18 near the French Riviera city during a live-stream, with footage showing him lying under a sheet while another man threw a plastic bottle at him.
Two forensic doctors found no “internal or external traumatic injuries” or burns, only a few bruises and healed lesions, the prosecutor said.
“The medical experts consider that Mr Graven’s death was not traumatic in origin and was not related to the intervention of a third party,” said Mr Martinelli.
Graven may have suffered from heart problems and was undergoing medical treatment for his thyroid gland, the prosecutor added.
The 46-year-old had built a following of hundreds of thousands on Australian streaming platform Kick by putting on live shows in which he was abused or humiliated.
Prosecutors said he died in the village of Contes, near Nice.
Kick said all co-streamers involved in the event had been banned from the platform pending the outcome of the investigation.
It said it was also running a “complete re-evaluation” of its French content.
The platform is seen as having less stringent user terms than those of its livestreaming rival Twitch. AFP
