What Pogba demands from his alleged kidnappers

Paul Pogbawho allegedly was the victim of blackmail and kidnapping by a group of close friends, requested 50,000 euros for moral damages and requested that 5 of the defendants, including his brother, Mathiasthey will return what they should have spent from the player’s account (about 200,000 euros).

Without the presence of the 31-year-old French international at the hearing, his lawyer was not present Mathias because “he would not have benefited from the purchases” and gifts made by Pogba to his friends, worth 197,000 euros. The French midfielder has been without a team since his contract expired in Juventus, which became effective on December 1.

On the eve of the Prosecutor’s Office announcing possible sentences for the six defendants, Mathias Pogba assigned responsibility for blackmail being convicted Roushdane K.39 years old and alone in temporary prison.

The older brother of the 2018 world champion recalled the high-profile video he published in August 2022, in which he mentioned “shocking revelations” about the midfielder and about Kylian Mbappéwhere Pogba he would have borrowed the help of a sorcerer. “Now I can say that, indirectly, they are forcing me to make the video,” he commented. Mathiaswhich relates that pressure to Roushdane K.

This man, who has at least seven criminal records, was accused along with Adama C. (33 years old), Boubacar C. (35), Mamadou M. (30) and Mohamed Machikour K. (36) for cases of kidnapping, criminal association and blackmail in several stages that occurred in the year 2022.

Mathias Pogba (34 years old), older brother of Paul who began his truncated career at Celtic of Vigo (Spain), was tried for two charges, attempted blackmail and criminal conspiracy, but not for express kidnapping at gunpoint, the most serious of which occurred in March 2022.

The six allegedly participated in a scheme to blackmail Pogbawhere they would have asked for 13 million euros to ensure his safety. All of them, members of the midfielder’s inner circle from the town of Roissy-en-Brie (outside Paris), said they acted under pressure from a third group.