ONLINE streamer Jean Pormanove tragically died at the age of 46 after live streaming himself doing brutal challenges for 10 days straight.
Jean – real name Raphael Graven – died on camera at his home in Contes, France on the morning of August 18.
XJean Pormanove – real name Raphael Graven – died aged 46 at his home in France[/caption]
Instagram / jeanpormanovJean grew 500,000 followers across social media[/caption]
Who was Jean Pormanove?
Jean Pormanove was a successful influencer and content creator from France.
He began his streaming career in March, 2020, playing video games that were popular at the time such as GTA V, FIFA and Fortnite.
Impressively, the French streamer amassed 669,000 followers on Twitch, accumulating over 35 million views.
This popularity arose thanks to his entertaining personality and interactive tone with his audience.
He would often have explosive rage moments live on stream which would frequently blow up online, growing the popularity of his channel.
Upon switching Twitch for Kick in 2023, Jean became the most popular French streamer on the platform and the fourth highest viewed on the site as a whole.
YouTubeJean Pormanove had been live streaming for 10 days before his tragic death[/caption]
YouTubeJean was regularly shown enduring humiliation and violence during live streams[/caption]
How did Jean Pormanove die?
Jean was in the process of a challenge allegedly involving “ten days and nights of torture”, which he was livestreaming to his audience.
Among this “torture”, the challenge is said to have consisted of “extreme” physical violence, “sleep deprivation”, and “the ingestion of toxic products”, according to BFMTV.
The death was confirmed by Owen Cenazandotti, a fellow streamer in a post on his Instagram.
“I ask you all to respect his memory and not share the video of his last breath in his sleep.”
Jean would often stream alongside his pals Naruto and Safine.
In his clips, the fellow streamers were seen throwing objects at him, pushing food into his mouth while he was tied up and shooting him with a paintball gun.
Naruto and Safine were taken into custody in January 2025 on suspicion of violence against vulnerable people – before being released.
France’s digital technology minister, Clara Chappaz, said he had been “humiliated and abused for months”.
Chappaz said: “A judicial investigation is underway.
“Holding online platforms responsible for the dissemination of illegal content is not an option: it is the law.
“This type of failure can lead to the worst and has no place in France, Europe, or anywhere else.”