Nice's criminal court has sentenced streamers Owen Cenazandotti, known as Naruto, and Safine Hamadi over group violence against Jean Pormanove and fellow streamer Stéphane Guy, months after Pormanove's death drew national attention to the abuse captured in their livestreams, according to Nice Premium.
Cenazandotti, 27, who ran the streams and managed the "Le Lokal" studio in Contes where the abuse took place, was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended, alongside a 15,000 euro fine. Hamadi received eighteen months. Both men were also convicted of incitement to hatred or violence and banned from digital platforms for six months under France's SREN law regulating online spaces. They were acquitted of separate charges relating to abuse of vulnerability, distribution of violent images, and discrimination based on sexual orientation.
The trial did not examine Pormanove's death itself, which an autopsy attributed to natural causes, but focused instead on the humiliation and violence inflicted on him and Guy during the livestreams. Pormanove's family have expressed disappointment that the case was heard in a lower court rather than before a full jury, arguing the correctional court lacked jurisdiction over the severity of what occurred. Guy, who has a disability and is under legal guardianship, denied being a victim during proceedings, describing the group instead as "a group of friends."