Paul Pogba case: Mathias, the brother of the star of the Blues, placed in police custody

It’s a bad business for Didier Deschampsthree months from the World Cup: the “Paul Pogba” affair takes a new turn with the placement in police custody of Mathias Pogbaolder brother of the tricolor champion, as part of the investigation for “organized kidnapping”, “criminal association to commit a crime” and “extortion in an organized gang” according to France Info.

Mathias Pogba gave himself up to investigators

The affair took on the appearance of a settling of scores between brothers when Mathias Pogba released a video on Tik Tok, accusing his brother to have paid a marabout against Kylian M’Bappé and wishing to “make revelations” “the whole world deserves to know certain things in order to make an informed decision whether [son frère] really deserves admiration, respect, his place in the France team, if he is a trustworthy person” he said in his video. He was probably unaware that Paul Pogba had already filed a complaint for having been the victim of threats and attempted extortion, by childhood friends and two hooded men, among whom he had recognized his brother Mathias. After attacking him publicly on social networks with a lot of insults and misinformation, Mathias Pogba assured that he wanted to find “peace” with Paul, through the voice of his lawyer. However, he gave himself up to investigators on September 14. For the lawyers of Paul Pogba, “Mathias Pogba’s recent statements on social networks are unfortunately not a surprise”adding that “the competent authorities in Italy and France were seized a month ago”

Threatened and extorted until Juventus training in Turin, Paul Pogba was heard by investigators

Because Paul Pogba feared for his safety and even that of his mother. Indeed, as France Info recalls, the world champion confided “investigators from the Central Office for the Fight against Organized Crime that he had been trapped by childhood friends and two hooded men armed with assault rifles. According to him, the gang demanded 13 million euros from him and intimidated him several times since, to the Juventus training center in Turin, where he told the police that he recognized his brother Mathias Pogba among the suspects. Even more, he asserted “having paid 100,000 euros to the individuals who had threatened him in a Parisian apartment during the month of March and also having lodged a complaint with the Turin public prosecutor’s office, requesting protection for his mother, also threatened, from the officer of safety of the France team.”

Mathias Pogba will now be heard by the investigating services on all the allegations he has made against his brother, in his video as well as on Twitter, but above all to explain the extortion attempt by Paul Pogba which puts him directly in question. His police custody may be extended up to 96 hours in the case of an organized gang, before possibly being presented to the investigating judge to be indicted, in the investigation opened against X, on 2 last September.