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

Graven, 46, also known as Jean Pormanove, died on Monday in Nice 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.

Damien Martinelli, the prosecutor in the southern French city, said in a statement that the autopsy carried out on Thursday showed the death was not caused by a trauma and “not related" to the intervention of any third party. Som

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