French prosecutors have requested arrest warrants for the managers of Australian streaming service Kick over a man's death during a live broadcast on the platform. The 46-year-old Frenchman, Raphael Graven - known online as "Jean Pormanove" or "JP" - died in August 2025 during a 12-day livestream that featured him enduring abuse and humiliation by other participants. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said she was asking the presiding judge to issue the warrants after Kick managers failed to respond to a summons to appear for questioning.
"KICK's a live streaming platform where creators kick it with their communities. (Yeah, we said the thing...). Our creators march to the beat of their own drum, as do we, disrupting our opps with a 95-5 subscription split, our creator incentive program, and the freedom to multistream. That's why the likes of xQc, Asmongold, and MaxHolloway all pick KICK."