MEDIA – Investigations after the death of Jean Pormanove are underway. His death when he was in full stream on the controversial Kick platform aroused many political reactions. But also from the world of streamers. Adin Ross, ex-American Twitch-Star-star who officiates on Kick, announced that he wanted to take care of the cost of the funeral of French, with the support of rapper Drake.
Adin Ross published a long message on his X account (ex -Twitter), shortly after the announcement of the discovery of Raphaël Graven’s body, alias JP – Jean Pormanove, near Nice. “” It’s terrible and filth. Those who participated in this tragedy deserve to pay the consequences. I just exchanged with Drake. He and I are going to pay the funeral, that will not bring him back, but it is to say the least we can do “, He promised this Tuesday, August 19.
If the name of Adin Ross is unknown for many, he is actually a huge star on certain streaming platforms. On Twitch, where he stremed until recently, he has accumulated more than 7 million subscribers. On Kick, he has more than 1.8 million, which makes him one of the most followed personalities.
As he said in Logan Paul’s podcast, Adin Ross would have touched $ 100 million to migrate to Kick. A pecuniary choice therefore (because the platform also pays for content producers much more than Twitch) but not only. Adin Ross also explained that it was due to the lowest moderation established by the Australian platform. His links with Kick are therefore proven.
Drake’s links with Kick
What about those of Drake? The interpreter of Hotline Bling is present on the platform and combines 331,000 followers. He is also directly linked by contract since 2022 to the virtual stake casino, for which he advertises. Kick and Stake have the same founders: Edward Craven and Bijan Tehrani. In addition to their individual links with the Australian platform (past or present), Drake and Adin Ross have already collaborated on Kick. On the other hand, they had never stremed with Jean Pormanove.
But the Kick platform on which the French had 192,000 subscribers is precisely targeted since the announcement of the death of JP. It was indeed during a live that had lasted for 10 days for already that Raphaël Graven died. The video was cut after one of his partners, Naruto, discovered that he was no longer breathing. Live streaming described by some Internet users as particularly extreme during which it would have been deprived of sleep and forced to ingest toxic substances. Physical violence and humiliations were the main concept of JeanPormanove’s chain. But Naruto’s lawyer denied any involvement explaining that the videos were scripted.
Very criticized, Kick defends himself softly
Kick was directly arrested by the High Commissioner for Childhood Sarah El Haïry and by the Minister responsible for Digital. “The responsibility of online platforms on the dissemination of illicit content is not an option: this is the law. This type of failure can lead to the worst and has no place in France, in Europe or elsewhere ”, said Clara Chappaz, adding to having seized the Arch, reports on Pharos, the official portal for the report of illegal content of the Internet, and contacted Kick officials.
In response, the platform posted a long message on X this Wednesday, August 20. In this one, she announces that she temporarily banished from the platform Les Co-Streamers “ Having participated in this live broadcast (…) pending the current survey ». Kick also claims to want “ Collecting fully with the authorities as part of this process (…) Our priority is to protect creators and guarantee a safer environment on Kick ».
JP was part of a collective named the Lokaltv with Streamers Naruro and Safine, and Coudoux, a man with engine handicapped (and second pain in their concepts). On their channel, Internet users could have these humiliation sessions live and make donations. As Adin Ross put forward, Kick currently only moderates very little the contents of users, allowing him to stream his exchange with an interlocutor praising Nazism.
Immediately after the announcement of the death of Jean Pormanove, the platform banned, its channel so that the video of its ultimate live is no longer accessible. All those who precede and in which he and Coudoux were violated, insulting and humiliating, are no longer.