Paul Pogba alleged victim of blackmail and kidnapping by a group of childhood friends in a heinous case where his brother Mathias was also accusedwas the great absentee at the first hearing of this high-profile trial that began this Tuesday at the Paris Correctional Court.
Until December 3, the court judges Roushdane K. (39 years old and alone in temporary prison), Adama C. (33 years old), Boubacar C. (35), Mamadou M. (30) and Mohamed Machikour K. (36) for cases of kidnapping, criminal conspiracy and blackmail in several episodes that occurred in the year 2022.
They are all part of the midfielder’s inner circle from the town of Roissy-en-Brie (outside Paris).
Mathias Pogba (34 years old), Paul’s older brother, who began his truncated career at Celta de Vigo (Spain), will be tried for two charges, attempted blackmail and criminal association, but not for kidnapping at gunpoint, the most serious of them.
In the presence of Pogba’s mother, Yeo Moriba, but without Paul, the president of the court refused to invalidate the instruction, as requested by the defense.
The prosecution criticized Pogba’s absence
One of the defendants’ lawyers strongly criticized the 2018 world champion for his absence and requested to postpone the process to have “a trial with all the guarantees established by the European Court of Human Rights.”
Another of the lawyers remembered that Paul Pogba has no reason not to go through the process, as he is currently without a club. The media lawyers justified him by explaining that their client was abroad.
The trial, in fact, will be held weeks after the player saw his doping ban reduced from four years to 18 months, meaning he can return to the playing field in March 2025, although under color of a new club. already given Juventus decided to end their relationship with media starting November 30.
Armed kidnapping
On the night of March 19 to 20, 2022, during the concentration of the French team, Paul Pogba visits those currently indicted, which took him to an apartment in Lagny-sur-Marne, also outside Paris.
In that apartment, where Mathias was not present but the other defendants were, Some hooded men armed with assault rifles burst out that they asked the player 13 million euros in exchange for protective services.
Held for several hours
They held the midfielder for several hours, with Pogba admitting he was “terrified.”
The accused have defended themselves in the police investigation, saying that They act under pressure from other groups.
After this event, Paul Pogba, scared, tried to make a transfer of 11 million, but his bank rejected it due to security measures.
Subsequently, the other defendants, namely according to the accusation that they received the support of Mathias, They pressured and harassed the French international and those around him for months, specifically to his mother Yeo Moriba and his representative, the Brazilian Rafaela Pimenta.
In August 2022, while the investigation was underway for several weeks, Paul’s brother decided to publicize the matter with a strange video, where he mentioned “shocking revelations” about the Juve midfielder and about Kylian Mbappé.
said Mathias who is his brother He hired a witch to look evil to the PSG forward and teammate, a strong rejection of the former Manchester United footballer.
Source: La Verdad
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