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Kick faces possible $49M fine after French streamer Jean Pormanove dies on air
Kick could be hit with a $49M penalty after the death of French streamer Jean Pormanove, who died following “ten days and nights of torture.”
In the days and even months prior, he had reportedly endured extreme violence, sleep deprivation, and forced ingestion of toxic products at the hands of two fellow streamers known as Naruto and Safine. Kick has banned the streamers involved in the broadcasts and cut ties with its French social media agency after backlash over promotional posts that used Pormanove’s image to sell merchandise. Viral compilation threads have shown Pormanove being hit, strangled, and fired at with paintball guns while streaming with Naruto and Safine, whose lawyers claim they hold “no responsibility.”
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