Prosecutors in the south of France said Tuesday they are investigating the death of a 46-year-old man who died during a livestream showing him being mistreated by two onscreen partners.

The man — real name Raphael Graven, but known online as "Jean Pormanove" or "JP" — had built a following by putting on live internet shows in which he was abused or humiliated.

Prosecutors in the city of Nice said he died Monday in the nearby village of Contes.

Internet users said that the video — screened live on an Australian platform called Kick but widely shared afterwards — showed Graven lying immobile under a bed cover as one of two men in the room with him threw a plastic water bottle in his direction.

French government minister Clara Chappaz called the streamer's death an "absolute horror."

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