Raphaël Graven, the French internet personality who passed away live on stream after what’s being described as ten straight days of humiliation and agony, had sent his mother a final message just days earlier.
In it, he said he felt held hostage, and confessed he was fed up with the degrading stunts that had made him famous.
Now, in the aftermath of his passing, both his mother and sister have broken their silence, painting a heartbreaking portrait of a man slowly pushed to the brink by a platform, an audience, and a system that did nothing to stop it.