Two French streamers, Safine Hamadi and Owen Cenazandotti, received suspended jail sentences for their role in the death of a man they had subjected to violence and humiliation on a live video stream. The Nice criminal court found the two men guilty of inflicting violence on 46-year-old Raphael Graven and also of incitement to hatred for the insults they directed at him.
Background
The incident, which was aired on the streaming platform Kick, shocked many in France last summer as it highlighted the disturbing content that can be found on fringe parts of the internet. Officials called for more regulation and stronger moderation, and the audiovisual and digital regulator Arcom and the Paris prosecutor’s office opened investigations into the Australia-based Kick.
Hamadi and Cenazandotti claimed that the violence and humiliations had been scripted and partly staged, and that Graven had consented to everything. However, the court found them guilty and sentenced Hamadi to an 18-month suspended prison sentence and a €5,000 fine, while Cenazandotti received a two-year suspended prison sentence and was ordered to pay a fine of €15,000.
Both men were banned from posting on social networks for six months. The court did not charge them with manslaughter, as the probable cause of Graven’s death appeared to be related to his poor health and fragile heart.
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