Hey there, Potato here.
Could you and your friend please do a full reinstall of the game, meaning uninstalling the game, and deleting the CK3 folder that you can find in "C:\Users\[USERNAME]\Documents\Paradox Interactive\" (in case you have any save files you want to keep, you can just rename the Crusader Kings III folder to something else), reinstall the game and then try once again without any mods enabled on a completely new save game. In case that doesn't alleviate the problem, please reach out again!
Could you and your friend please do a full reinstall of the game, meaning uninstalling the game, and deleting the CK3 folder that you can find in "C:\Users\[USERNAME]\Documents\Paradox Interactive\" (in case you have any save files you want to keep, you can just rename the Crusader Kings III folder to something else), reinstall the game and then try once again without any mods enabled on a completely new save game. In case that doesn't alleviate the problem, please reach out again!