Streamer dies on camera as 'viewers pay him to down whisky and take drugs' in twisted 'challenge'

A content creator died on stream after viewers allegedly paid him to drink whisky and take drugs.

Police are investigating the death of streamer Sergio Jimenez, 37, who passed away during a live broadcast to a private group on New Year's Eve.

El Periodico reports that his family say he was using drugs in the lead up to his death and was in psychiatric treatment.

In that time, he was said to be doing pay-per-view 'challenges' where he would take drugs and drink alcohol in exchange for donations.

Jimenez' mum, Teresa, said: “I got up to go to the bathroom just before 2am and saw the door to his room was ajar.

“I asked him what he was doing but he didn’t answer. I tried to go in, but there were clothes or something on the bedroom floor and I couldn’t.”

Sergio Jimenez, 37, died live on stream (X)

She added: “I kept asking him from outside but he didn’t answer. I could see him kneeling on the bed, as if he were praying.”

Jimenez reportedly died before an ambulance could be called.

Daniel, one of Teresa’s sons, said: “There was an almost empty bottle of whisky, a couple of cans of energy drinks and a pile of cocaine on a red plate.

“My brother was kneeling on the floor, his head resting on the mattress. The computer was on and I could hear voices asking him if he was sleeping off his hangover.”

His family say his webcam was still on (X)

Teresa added: “Jordi, my eldest son, who lives in the Pyrenees, warned us a couple of months ago Sergio was making these kinds of videos.”

The Catalan police, Mossos d'Esquadra, told El Periodico that they found Jimenez's body 'without signs of crime', but noted that they are now looking into 'the strange circumstances in which the death occurred'.

An investigation has been launched into what is being reported as the first documented case of death from a live challenge in Spain.

Last August, streamer Raphaël Graven died after a 200 hour broadcast on the Kick platform.

Raphaël Graven, known online as Jean Pormanove, was found dead last August (Instagram/@jeanpormanove)

Local media suggested that the 46-year-old may have been subjected to humiliation during streams with an alleged ‘ten days and nights of torture’.

His autopsy, however, revealed that the probable causes of death were medical or toxicological.

LADbible Group has contacted Mossos d'Esquadra for comment.

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