FATAL LIVESTREAM
A Russian YouTuber has been arrested for allegedly livestreaming a horrifying video in which his near-naked pregnant girlfriend died after his viewers paid to see her abused, a report says.
Stas Reeflay, 30, allegedly forced Valentina “Valya” Grigoryeva, 28, who was wearing only underwear, into the freezing cold outside his home near Moscow after a viewer paid him $1,000 to carry out the sickening act, East2West News reported, citing BAZA media.
Grigoryeva died of suspected hypothermia, according to East2West’s report.
Reeflay, whose real name is Stanislav Reshetnikov, continued broadcasting the video even after he realized his girlfriend was “half-dead” on a balcony at his home in the village of Ivanovka, East2West reported.
“Valya, are you alive?” he says as he tries to revive her with the camera rolling. “My bunny, what’s up with you? Valya! Valya! Damn, you look like you are dead.
“Bunny, come on . . . Tell me something. I’m worrying. Damn . . . I don’t feel her heartbeat,” he continues.
Reeflay then tells his tens of thousands of followers, “Guys . . . No pulse . . . She’s pale. She is not breathing.”
He pleads for Grigoryeva to wake up, telling her, “I love you!”
In a previous broadcast, the boyfriend from hell — who receives online donations for his sick stunts — showered her with pepper spray, according to the news outlet.
Feminist activist Liza Lazerson slammed YouTube for “prohibiting the spread of nipples but showing scenes of violence and cruelty against women without problems.”
“The woman dies on air, and the audience sends donations to the killer. This must stop,” Lazerson said. “Such videos are calmly broadcast to the whole world, meaning something is broken. Until this is fixed, censorship is necessary.”
Reeflay faces up to two years in the slammer if forensic experts find that Grigoryeva died of hypothermia, the Mirror reported, citing reports about law enforcement.
“Information will also be checked about possible unlawful actions against the deceased by the young man in whose house the body was found,” the Russian Investigative Committee said, according to the UK newspaper.
A YouTube representative told the Mirror: “We’re shocked to learn of this tragic incident. This kind of graphic content is not acceptable on YouTube.
“Although the original livestream did not take place on YouTube, we quickly removed re-uploads and terminated the associated account,” she added.