Overview
French Streamer Jean Pormanove Livestream Death Video refers to the August 2025 death of French Kick streamer Jean Pormanove, also known as JP or by his real name Raphaël Graven, who passed away in his sleep during a 10-day streaming marathon (called a “subathon”) with friends. He was 46 years old. Pormanove was the seventh most-watched Kick streamer and the most-watched French Kick streamer at the time of his death. The tragedy sparked discourse and outrage largely aimed at Pormanove’s friends, who were with him on stream. Many believed that the friends had been abusing him during the 10-day streaming marathon. They were often seen hitting him, choking him and shooting him with paintballs. Some suspected that the abuse, as well as sleep deprivation, was what led to Pormanove’s untimely death. Viral posts and discourse surfaced across social media sites like Twitter / X and Reddit following his passing, where the viral video of Pormanove’s death spread as well.
Background
On the night of August 18th, 2025, French streamer Jean Pormanove passed away at his residence in Contes, a village north of Nice, France, during a livestream on the platform Kick. Jean Pormanove and his friends, including fellow streamer Owen Cenazandotti, also known as Naruto, were participating in a streamer marathon (known as a subathon). Jean Pormanove passed away in his sleep on day 10 of the stream.
JP was notably the seventh most-watched Kick streamer and the most-watched French Kick streamer at the time of his death.
The moment of Jean Pormanove’s death was caught on video during the livestream and was clipped on Kick before JP’s account was removed from the platform. In the video, which was reposted on X, JP can be seen twitching in his sleep before becoming still. Shortly after, one of the other men wakes up and checks on JP. The man ends the stream shortly after (censored screenshot shown below).
On August 20th, 2025, the X account of @Kick_FR shared a tweet that said, “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Jean Pormanove and extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, and community. All co-streamers who participated in this live broadcast have been banned pending the ongoing investigation.” Kick France continued, saying, “Our priority is to protect creators and ensure a safer environment on Kick.” The tweet received over 2.1 million views and 8,300 likes in a few hours (shown below).
Online Reactions
On August 18th, 2025, X user @2bp1def shared a screenshot from the livestream before Jean Pormanove’s death in which they claimed that JP left with “a guy,” came back “scratching his nose several times,” had “a very bad night’s sleep,” and then he passed away. “Question, what did that guy give him?” the tweet said. Over two days, the post received roughly 1,300 likes (shown below).
After the death of Jean Pormanove, internet users shared clips from the 10-day stream and other streams, highlighting moments in which JP was seemingly being abused by his co-streamers and friends.
For instance, on August 19th, 2025, X user @henrico292 shared a compilation of JP stream clips, showing JP being choked, punched and kicked by the other men. @henrico292 wrote, “For four long years, Raphaël Graven, known as JeanBarette or Jean Pormanove, was the target of inhuman harassment… Yesterday, Raphaël died in his sleep.” The post received over 2,800 likes in a day (shown below).
“Tu vas le tuer, arrête, lâche ! J’arrive plus à respirer… rends-moi mes lunettes !”
Ces mots glaçants, prononcés en direct, résonnent encore.Pendant quatre longues années, Raphaël Graven alias JeanBarette ou Jean Pormanove a été la cible d’un acharnement inhumain.… pic.twitter.com/HkrSK2XYw0
— 𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐎 ! (@henrico292) August 19, 2025
A similar tweet, showing a compilation of JP abuse clips, was shared by X user @SwartZ__ on August 19th, receiving over 6,500 likes in a day.
On August 19th, 2025, X user @LouisPisano started a thread about JP’s death, writing, “A shocking story out of France that’s an actual Black Mirror episode come to life,” to start the first tweet, which received over 1 million views and 3,700 likes in a day (shown below).
That same day, French news outlet Le Parisien posted a TikTok video about the death of Jean Pormanove, gaining over 132,800 likes in a day (shown below).
@leparisien Le streamer Jean Pormanove ( de son vrai nom Raphaël Graven ) est mort à 46 ans pendant son sommeil au cours d’un streaming diffusé sur la plate-forme Kick, dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi. Violences physiques, défis extrêmes, humiliations… cet ex-militaire à la santé fragile était depuis des mois le souffre-douleur d’un collectif de streamers sur la chaîne Lokal TV. Une enquête a été ouverte par le parquet de Nice.
♬ son original – Le Parisien
Also on August 19th, 2025, Redditor razernaga1 posted about the death of JP on the /r/europe subreddit, gaining over 16,000 upvotes and 1,300 comments in a day (shown below).
The top comment on the video was left by Redditor razernaga1, the original poster (OP), who shared multiple links to all of the clips documenting the death of JP. The comment received over 6,300 upvotes in a day.
The comment linked to a since-deleted thread, originally shared by X user @AlertesPed0, that was archived on Threadreader.
