his brother Mathias and three other people placed in police custody – Release

Mathias Pogba, the older brother of footballer Paul Pogba, and three other people have been taken into police custody in the investigation into the extortion denounced by the player of Juventus Turin, we learned on Wednesday September 14 from judicial sources. and close to the file, confirming information revealed by the world.

Mathias Pogba introduced himself “in the early afternoon [ce mercredi] to the investigation service and was taken into custody”, said a source familiar with the matter. Of the four suspects heard, one was taken into custody on Tuesday and three others on Wednesday, the judicial source said.

Mathias Pogba “foreign to any maneuver of extortion”

In a press release published on September 9 by his lawyer, Mathias Pogba said he was “totally foreign” to the extortion denounced by his brother the footballer Paul Pogba, who have been the subject for several weeks of a judicial investigation entrusted to two investigating judges in Paris.

“Given the evolution of the case and its media repercussions, Mathias Pogba wishes to indicate with force that he is totally foreign to any maneuver of extortion with regard to his brother, Paul Pogba.had written his lawyer Richard Arbib. It is clear that the difficulties experienced by the Pogba family are the result of external threats which the justice, now seized, will take the measure.

13 million euros

In a complaint filed on July 16 with the Turin public prosecutor’s office, Paul Pogba denounced extortion attempts between March and July 2022 amounting to several million euros. This complaint led to the opening of a preliminary investigation by the Paris prosecutor’s office on August 3, then a judicial investigation on September 2 for, in particular, extortion with a weapon, kidnapping or kidnapping in an organized gang and participation in a criminal association.

The case came to light with the publication on August 27 of an enigmatic video of Mathias Pogba, himself a professional footballer, who promised “revelations” on his brother Paul. The star of the French football team said during his first audition that he was trapped by childhood friends and two hooded men, armed with assault rifles, accusing him of not having helped them financially, according to France Info. A sum of 13 million euros would have been claimed from him and he claims to have paid 100,000 euros. He then claimed to have recognized his older brother Mathias among the suspects. During another hearing, he estimated with the investigators that his brother Mathias was “under pressure” people wanting to extort money from him.