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The focus of sports news in France, less than 80 days before the start of the World Cup in which they will have to defend the title, is going through a complex path after the local press echoed a video that Mathias Pogba published on his social networks.
In that recording, the brother of the talented Gallic midfielder assured that soon I was going to tell some truths so that everyone would know who Paul really was, and even linked his name to that of Kylian Mbappemaximum referent of current football in the country.
Days later, Mathías himself insinuated that his brother had gone to a marabout to work on the PSG player with the aim of injuring him. Now the middle France Infoone of those who closely follows the case, revealed that the footballer he paid one of them but not to harm the 23-year-old.
“During this second hearing in August, Paul Pogba claims to have paid money to a marabout”reported the medium in question. However, the player himself explained that he paid money to a marabout “for a humanitarian association that helps children in Africa” and not to harm his teammate. He even assured that he has a way to prove his statements.
In that second hearing, the Juventus midfielder was also convinced that his brother Mathias released that first video and the chain of messages on Twitterdue to the pressure of the gangsters.
Among the new details, they revealed a particular message that came to Pogba’s cell phone after signing for Juventus: “You will think of us now that you have received a signing bonus”. From that moment, and as specified France Infothe soccer player changed his number up to two times with the intention of putting an end to the harassment and extortion of which he was a victim.
Finally, the 29-year-old midfielder acknowledged that his mother was also threatened when a group of people showed up at the door of his home. There Yéo Moriba opened the door and the blackmailers would have presented themselves as a group that was in charge of protecting his son for years “against people who wished him harm” and They claimed 13 million euros. After this episode, Pogba’s representative, Rafaela Pimienta, tried to seek Moriba’s personal protection.
Two investigating judges are taking charge of the investigation opened after the complaint filed by the star of the French team Paul Pogba and whose first elements point to “extortion with a weapon in an organized gang” and other crimes, announced the Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau.
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