Mathias Pogba spent his first night in prison for extortion and kidnapping

Mathias Pogba He spent his first night in prison accused of participating in a strange blackmail on his younger brother and world champion with France, Paul. New and disturbing data investigating this fact was released this Sunday by the local press.

Mathias, 32 years old, and the other four defendants – all childhood friends Pogba clan’s Roissy-en-Brie– They denied before the judge their participation in the extortion and kidnapping of the Juventus player, for which they will ask for 13 million, and assured that they acted under pressure from another group, of which they were unable to provide details .

This line of defense, which is the same one that has already been made public Mathias, It is based on mysterious violent attacks that all the defendants have confirmed suffering in recent months, although they were not denounced to the authorities at the time.

Among them, an attack in July carried out by armed hooded men against three of the suspects (including Mathias Pogba). That same month, the car of another of the defendants, identified as Mamadou, was set on fire.

The most serious incident reported by one of his suspects (identified as K.) was a shot that hit him in the hand during an attack by a group of four men. This allegation was verified by the authorities, as it was shown that the accused was in a hospital in Paris to treat the wound.

Of the most serious suspicions weighing on the group of friends, the kidnapping with a weapon -in which Mathias is not incriminated-, all stand out.

On June 19, during a training camp for the French national team, Paul visited his childhood friends, who took him to an apartment in Lagny-sur-Marne. There, where it is not Mathias, but yes, friends are charged now, some hooded men armed with assault rifles burst out demanding 13 million in exchange for protection services.

The defendants insisted to the judge that they were forced to put Paul in that violent situation.

However, the Juve player made it clear to the investigators that his relatives had already insulted him that night for “abandoning them”. “I was scared,” confessed the French international, who was held until 4 in the morning.

SPENDS 47,000 EUROS ON SPORTSWEAR

Exactly the dubious interests of Paul’s childhood friends are exposed. After that event, the player tried to make a transfer of 11 million, but his bank rejected him. The midfielder claims to have transferred 100,000 euros to another of those charged today, B. (K.’s brother), something the defendant denies.

A few days after the kidnapping, relatives of Paul They showed up at the Adidas store on the Champs Elysées and spent up to 47,000 euros on sports equipment that they charged with the credit the medium had with that sports brand. However, this credit has a limit of 30,000 euros. Paul went to pay the remaining 17,000.

Subsequently, and allegedly assisted by Mathias, the group of relatives pressured and harassed both the French international and his entourage (his mother Yeo Moriba and his representative, the Brazilian Rafaela Pimenta). for many months.

As the investigation began for several weeks, Paul’s brother decided to reveal to the public a strange video at the end of August, when he spoke about “shocking revelations” about the Juve midfielder and about Kylian Mbappe.

Mathias He said his brother had hired a witch doctor to look down on the PSG striker and national team teammate, a winger who had been rejected by the former Manchester United player.