PARIS (AP) — The death of a French streamer during an extended broadcast prompted soul-searching and controversy, as a government minister said he had been “humiliated and mistreated for months" on air and a judicial investigation delves into alleged abuse.

Raphaël Graven, 46, known as Jean Pormanove on social media, died Monday in southern France during a broadcast on the Kick livestreaming platform that had been running for more than 298 hours. French media reported the broadcast was interrupted soon after Pormanove’s co-streamers found him unconscious and lying on a bed.

The prosecutor in the southern French city of Nice, Damien Martinelli, said an autopsy was being carried out on Thursday to determine the causes of the death.

Pormanove's death came as a judicial investigation was al

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