Stas Reeflay arrested, Russian youtube kills girlfriend leaked video live stream

A Russian YouTuber girlfriend died in a livestream after being locked out in the cold

• Russian YouTuber Stas Reeflay locked his girlfriend out in underfreezing weather until she died on a livestream, according to Russian media outlets cited by the New York Post and The Sun Online.
• Videos filmed and posted to YouTube during broadcast tend to show Reeflay pulling his girlfriend inside.
• Russia's Investigative Committee told British outlet The Mirror that a "urgent" inquiry into Valentina Grigoryeva's death was underway.

During a livestream before she died, a Russian YouTuber locked his girlfriend in the cold, according to reports from Russian media outlets including Baza and Lenta picked up by the New York Post and The Sun Online.

According to reports from Baza and other Russian media outlets checked by Insider, Stas Reeflay, 30, whose real name is Stanislav Reshetnikov, pushed his girlfriend outside his home in freezing weather wearing nothing but her underpants. Reeflay streamed it online.

Livestream videos and other clips of Reeflay and his late-girlfriend, Valentina "Valya" Grigoryeva, 28, started to appear on YouTube.

Baza, an independent news agency in Russia, first reported on the telegram channel incident on December 2. Lenta later announced that the incident occurred on the morning of December 2.

"My bunny, what's up with you?" Reeflay posted in Russian while still streaming after bringing Grigoryeva inside. "Guys... No pulse... She's pale. She is not breathing." Several videos, including footage of the incident, collected hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube.

Russia's Investigative Committee, which conducts the country's federal investigations, told The Mirror it was undergoing a "urgent" inquiry into Grigoryeva's death. Insider asked the committee for comment.

A YouTube spokesman told Insider in a statement that when the network became aware of the livestream, Reeflay's channel was taken down. Since the original stream happened on another site, the spokesperson said YouTube disabled content reloads. "We're shocked to learn of this tragic incident," the spokesman said. "This kind of graphic content is not acceptable on YouTube."

YouTube added that the founder was not a partner in YouTube's collaboration program and thus did not gain money from YouTube. According to data from SocialBlade, a social media analytics website, Reeflay appeared to have around 4,000 subscribers on his channel.

It wasn't immediately clear which Reeflay platform used to live on the incident night. A Twitch spokesman told Insider that the livestream wasn't on Twitch, but Reeflay was barred from the network in 2018. Twitch refused to disclose his ban, citing privacy reasons.

Some clips viewed by Insider showed that Reeflay used DonatePay to earn money during streams. Insider asked DonatePay for comment. According to the British outlet The Mirror, a stream viewer had paid Reeflay $1,000 (£740), citing Baza.

British outlet The Sun got more content from Reeflay, which they claimed was a "campaign of violence and abuse" against Grigoryeva. Reeflay repeatedly sprayed her with pepperspray in one shot. Russian authorities said Grigoryeva's body showed signs of beatings.

As of Tuesday, videos of Reeflay's upsetting material still appear on YouTube.