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The men accused of torturing and humiliating a streamer for days until he died have reunited at his funeral.
Raphael Graven, also known as Jean Pormanove or JP, died following a live broadcast at his home in Contes, a village north of Nice, last Monday.
The 46-year-old reportedly endured ’10 days and nights of torture’ including ‘extreme’ physical violence and sleep deprivation beforehand.
People watching his final stream are said to have raised the alarm after seeing him lying motionless on a mattress and not responding to any of their messages.
While he lay on the mattress, a man could be seen throwing a bottle of water at him.
Fellow streamers Owen Cenazendotti, 26, and Safine Hamadi, 23, were seen slapping and kicking Graven in the video.
And they were among the 30 who turned up to the funeral on Wednesday – pictured next to Graven’s mum Joelle.
She has pledged her support to the streamers, saying they ‘took great care of my son’.
She told the Daily Mail: ‘They are really great people because Jean was able to do so much with them. They have values. JP was able to do things with them he wasn’t able to do back home.
‘He had a life, he had a good life, they gave him a good life, he was single but he enjoyed his life.
‘I’m proud of them and I want to thank them for it. I’m not afraid to say it.’
French newspaper Le Monde reported Graven was known for taking part in videos depicting violence and humiliation.
Previous streams saw him slapped, strangled, force-fed, doused in liquids and even targeted with a paintball gun.
Prosecutor Damien Martinelli said medical examiners #’did not believe his death was traumatic in origin’ and ‘not related to the intervention of a third party’.
Government minister Clara Chappaz described the violence Graven suffered before his death as an ‘absolute horror’ and said he had been ‘humiliated’ for months as she announced a judicial investigation is now underway.
Graven had more than a million social media followers and was particularly popular on Kick, which is seen as having less stringent user terms than those of its rival, the better-known Twitch streaming service.
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