Sergio Jimenez, a Spanish livestreamer known as Sancho, has died following an extreme challenge stream where viewers paid him to consume dangerous amounts of drugs and alcohol.
The 37-year-old was broadcasting to a private group who demanded he perform increasingly risky stunts in exchange for cash. Over roughly three hours, Sergio drank an entire bottle of whiskey and snorted approximately six grams of cocaine before suffering a fatal overdose.
This has drawn attention to Spain’s “e-begging” livestream subculture, where streamers perform dangerous acts for donations. Jimenez was reportedly attempting to imitate Simón Pérez, a controversial Spanish streamer known for escalating stunts funded by viewer donations.
Pérez himself confirmed details of this, stating that Sergio had consumed six grams in three hours and at one point snorted a two-gram line. The combination proved fatal.
Six grams of cocaine is far beyond typical recreational use and widely considered a potentially lethal amount, particularly when consumed in a short timeframe. Medical experts note that most users would consume a tenth of a gram or less at a time, making six grams roughly equivalent to 60 typical doses.
The danger multiplies when cocaine is combined with alcohol. The liver converts the two substances into cocaethylene, a metabolite that increases cardiovascular toxicity beyond either drug alone. The combination can cause severe cardiac strain, arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac arrest.
The dark side of donation culture
Pay-for-dare streams represent an escalating trend where real-time cash rewards fuel increasingly dangerous behavior. Unlike traditional content creation, these streams create direct financial incentives for risk-taking, with viewers effectively bidding up the stakes.
The stream took place on a private platform rather than mainstream sites like Twitch or YouTube, where such content would be immediately banned. Private streams and group video calls have become havens for extreme content that bypasses platform moderation.
