A famous Russian YouTuber has been arrested for broadcasting a live show in which his almost naked and pregnant girlfriend was killed after one of his fans paid to see her be abused.
Stas Reeflay, real name Stanislav Reshetnikov, is a YouTuber known for enjoying a challenge. However, his last sordid challenge turned into a tragedy. One of his subscribers paid him $ 1,000 to leave his 28-year-old girlfriend Valentina Grigoryeva in her underwear in the freezing cold outside the couple's apartment. The young woman probably died of hypothermia, she could not have endured the extremely low temperatures.
Stas Reeflay was live at the time of the drama and continued to record even after realizing that his girlfriend was "half dead" on the balcony of his house in the village of Ivanovka, near Moscow. "Guys… No pulse… she's pale. She's not breathing.", he then told his tens of thousands of subscribers.
This is not the first time that Stas Reeflay has abused his girlfriend. He had received money to shower her with pepper spray on a previous show.
Feminist activist Liza Lazerson slammed YouTube for having “Prohibits nipple spreading but showed scenes of violence and cruelty to women without issue.” https://www.aufeminin.com/ “Woman dies on air and audience sends donations to killer. It must stop. These videos are being released around the world calmly, which means something is wrong. Until this is fixed, censorship is necessary. ", she asserted.
"We are shocked to learn of this tragic incident. This type of graphic content is not acceptable on YouTube. Although the original livestream did not take place on YouTube, we promptly removed the re-uploads.", explained a representative of the platform to the Mirror.
Stas Reeflay was arrested by police and risk two years in prison if the autopsy shows that the death of his pregnant girlfriend was caused by hypothermia. An investigation is currently underway.