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Jean Pormanove
Pormanove in 2025
Born
Raphaël Graven

(1979-01-26)26 January 1979
Woippy, France
Died18 August 2025(2025-08-18) (aged 46)
Contes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Occupations
  • YouTuber
  • streamer
  • content creator
Years active2020–2025
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers202 thousand[1]
Views11.4 million[1]
Silver Play Button100,000 subscribers
Last updated: 23 August 2025

Raphaël Graven (pronunciation ⓘ; 26 January 1979 – 18 August 2025), also known by the pseudonym Jean Pormanove or JP, was a French streamer, videographer, influencer and comedian.[2][3]

In August 2024, he held the 4th position as the most-watched and most-popular Kick streamer globally.[4] He was also the highest viewed French streamer on the platform.[5][6]

Biography

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Internet career

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Born in Woippy on 26 January 1979,[7] Pormanove began his career in March 2020 on TikTok, creating humor and gaming videos (including games such as GTA V, FIFA, and Fortnite), and collaborating with influencer TheKairi78 [fr]. On Twitch, his streams earned him 669,000 followers and totalled more than 35 million views.[8][9][10] His content was characterised by an explosive and interactive tone, punctuated by moments of rage, including absurd challenges in his streams, and maintaining close connections to his community. However, his content also attracted criticism through controversial content, such as subject material including provocations, humiliations, and obscenity.[8]

He also participated in events such as the Paris Games Week 2022.[8]

In 2023, Pormanove left Twitch to stream on the platform Kick, and became the highest viewed French streamer on the platform.[11]

Controversy before his death

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In December 2024, a Mediapart investigation denounced an "abuse business" organised around streams, where vulnerable people were exposed to humiliation to generate income and audiences, mentioning Pormanove.[12]

Since January 2025, the Nice Public Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation into several streamers close to Pormanove, Owen "Naruto" Cenazandotti and Safine Hamadi, for suspicion of deliberate violence in assembly with vulnerable persons, endangerment, and the dissemination of violent images.[13][14][15][16]

Shortly before his death, he wrote a message to his mother:

Hi mom, how are you? Stuck for a bit in his [Owen Cenazandotti's] death game. It's going too far. I feel like I'm kidnapped with their shitty concept. I'm fed up, I want to get out of here, the other guy won't let me, he's keeping me locked in."[a][17][18]

A clip from before his death resurfaced after his death. In it, "Naruto" Cenazandotti utters a blunt sentence: "Let him say on camera, right now, that if he dies tomorrow in the middle of a live show, it's due to his shitty state of health and not to us." Pormanove initially refused, but Naruto insisted: "We're in the middle of a live show, you get angry, start screaming and go into cardiac arrest? [...] People are going to take it out on us when it's due to your 46 years of miserable life."[b][19]

Death

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Pormanove died on 18 August 2025, at the age of 46, during a live broadcast of more than 280 hours on Kick, which did not censor its content.[20]

Shortly before his death, he reportedly experienced breathing difficulties. One donor alerted one of the participants, "Naruto" Cenazandotti, noting that Pormanove appeared to be in a critical situation and no longer showed any signs of life. Cenazandotti checked Pormanove's condition by throwing a water bottle at him and then slapping him in the face. The live stream was immediately interrupted after the seriousness of the situation was evident.[21][22]

A few hours later, Naruto publicly confirmed the death of Pormanove on his social networks. He expressed his sadness and paid tribute to the streamer:

Unfortunately, JP (Raphael Graven) has left us ... I love you my brother and we will miss you terribly."[23]

Aftermath

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Following Graven's death, French digital affairs minister Clara Chappaz launched a judicial investigation against Kick. She stated that, prior to his death, Graven had suffered months-long humiliation and mistreatment while streaming for the platform. She referred the case to Arcom and PHAROS [fr].[24][25]

Youth minister Sarah El Haïry said that Graven's death was "horrifying" and that "platforms have an immense responsibility in regulating online content to ensure our children are not exposed to violent content."[26]

Police interviewed a number of people who were present when he died and seized equipment and videos.[24]

On 19 August 2025, Canadian rapper Drake and American streamer Adin Ross announced their intention to cover the funeral expenses.[27]

On 20 August, Kick announced that it had banned accounts: "All co-streamers who participated in this live broadcast have been banned pending the ongoing legal investigation", and assured that it had "terminated [its] collaboration with the former French social media agency" and undertaken "a complete review of [its] French-language content".[28][29][30]

On 22 August, court authorities said his death was not a result of trauma or the intervention of a third party. The prosecutor of Nice said an autopsy showed no trace of traumatic injuries that could explain the death, and that the probable causes of death therefore appear to be medical or toxicological in origin.[31]

On August 26, Chappaz announced that the government would sue Kick for alleged negligence. On the same day, the Paris prosecutor's office announced that an investigation would be opened into whether Kick had violated the EU Digital Services Act and if it had knowingly broadcast "videos of deliberate attacks on personal integrity". Kick criticized these decisions as politicizing the death.[32][33]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ French: Salut maman, comment tu vas ? Coincé pour un moment avec son jeu de mort. Ça va trop loin. J’ai l’impression d’être séquestré avec leur concept de merde. J’en ai marre, je veux me barrer, l’autre il veut pas, il me séquestre.
  2. ^ French: Qu'il dise face caméra, maintenant, que si demain il meurt en plein live, c'est dû à son état de santé de merde et pas à nous", "On est en plein live, tu t'énerves, tu te mets à crier et tu fais un arrêt cardiaque ? [...] Les gens vont s'en prendre à nous alors que c'est dû à tes 46 ans de vie minable.

References

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  1. ^ a b "About Jean Pormanove". YouTube.
  2. ^ "What is Kick, the platform on which French streamer Jean Pormanove died while going live?". Le Monde.
  3. ^ "French Streamer Jean Pormanove, 46, Found Dead in His Home by Police".
  4. ^ "Kick August 2024 results — platform records in average viewership and watch time".
  5. ^ "Deux Niçois épinglés pour violences et humiliations par Médiapart : "De la maltraitance"". Actu Nice (in French). 17 December 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  6. ^ rédaction, La (16 December 2024). "Deux influenceurs niçois suivis par 160.000 abonnés qui maltraitent en direct des personnes vulnérables ou handicapées pointés dans une enquête de Mediapart". Nice-Matin (in French). Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  7. ^ rédaction, La (19 August 2025). ""Bête de foire", "torturé mentalement"... Qui était Jean Pormanove ou "JP", le streamer français décédé à Contes dans les Alpes-Maritimes?". Nice-Matin (in French). Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  8. ^ a b c "Qui était Jean Pormanove, l'influenceur décédé en live ?". CharenteLibre.fr (in French). 18 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Le streamer Raphaël Graven, alias Jean Pormanove, est décédé à 46 ans". Gamesider (in French). 18 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  10. ^ "JeanPormanove Jean Pormanove – Twitch Streamer (Jean Pormanove): Age, Date de naissance, Talie, Salaire, Ban". streamersbase.fr (in French). Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  11. ^ Fields, Sarah (22 August 2025). "Government Investigating Kick Following Streamer's Death". Game Rant.
  12. ^ Gabriel, Bérénice; Turcan, Marie (15 December 2024). "« Bataille de Cotoreps » : sur la plateforme Kick, des humiliations et violences en direct pour des cartons d'audience". Mediapart.
  13. ^ "Le streameur français Jean Pormanove, victime régulière de violences filmées, meurt lors d'un direct, une enquête ouverte". Franceinfo (in French). 19 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  14. ^ "Humiliations sur Internet: deux "influenceurs" niçois placés en garde à vue puis remis en liberté". Nice-Matin. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  15. ^ "Deux Niçois épinglés pour violences et humiliations par Médiapart : "De la maltraitance"". actu.fr (in French). 17 December 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  16. ^ "Nice. Ils humilient des personnes pour le buzz, ces influenceurs interpellés". actu.fr (in French). 9 January 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  17. ^ GR (19 August 2025). ""J'en ai marre je veux me barrer, il me séquestre" : les derniers mots glaçants de Jean Pormanove avant sa mort". Closer (in French). Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  18. ^ "J'ai l'impression d'être séquestré" : décès en plein direct, soupçons de violences… ce que l'on sait de la mort du streamer Jean Pormanove". midilibre.fr (in French). Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  19. ^ ""Si demain il meurt en plein live..." : une vidéo du streamer Owen "Naruto" Cenazandotti quelques semaines avant la mort de Jean Pormanove refait surface". Voici.fr (in French). 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  20. ^ "Streamer Kick's failure on guidelines riles Australian web watchdog".
  21. ^ "Le streamer français Raphaël Graven, alias Jean Pormanove, est mort à 46 ans – Déchiffreur". dechiffreur.fr (in French). 18 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  22. ^ "Le streamer Jean Pormanove, suivi par 500.000 abonnés, est décédé, une enquête ouverte". www.cnews.fr (in French). 18 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  23. ^ "Décès filmé en direct, accusations de harcèlement et de violences... Ce que l'on sait de la mort du streamer Jean Pormanove". europe1.fr (in French). 19 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  24. ^ a b "Police investigating death of French streamer seize equipment and videos". BBC. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  25. ^ "French Streamer Jean Pormanove, 46, Found Dead in His Home by Police". People. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  26. ^ "Death of streamer Jean Pormanove live: investigation opened in Nice". Nice Premium. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  27. ^ "Adin Ross says he and Drake will pay for Kick streamer Jean Pormanove's funeral". Dexerto. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  28. ^ "Mort de Jean Pormanove: la plateforme Kick assure que "tous les co-streameurs" ont été "bannis dans l'attente de l'enquête"". BFMTV (in French). 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  29. ^ "Mort de Jean Pormanove : la plateforme Kick suspend, le temps de l'enquête, les comptes des streameurs ayant participé au direct lors duquel il est mort". Franceinfo (in French). 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  30. ^ "La réponse très critiquée de Kick après la mort en direct de Jean Pormanove". Le HuffPost (in French). 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  31. ^ "Online death of abused French streamer was not result of trauma, prosecutor says". Reuters. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  32. ^ "France to sue Kick for alleged negligence over livestream death". The Guardian. 26 August 2025. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  33. ^ "Kick accuses French authorities of politicising streamer's death". www.bbc.com. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
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