Mathias Pogba older brother of the French footballer Paul Pogba He was sentenced Thursday to one year in prison, which he can serve under house arrest, for blackmailing the 2018 world champion, a case in which other defendants, who kept him abducted for some time, received larger sentences.
The ‘Pogba case’ caused a lot of media attention in France, where the former Manchester United and Juventus Turin player enjoyed great fame and affected his career, which was cut short after testing positive for doping in 2023.
No team since November
Before that, the player, who is now without a team after agreeing with Juventus to terminate his contract at the end of November, was the victim of an attempted blackmail made by five childhood friends, accompanied by his older brother.
A Paris court found them guilty of extortion with intent to extort 13 million euros and imposed sentences of between eight and four years in prison. The judges did not consider proven the charge of kidnapping, which the defendants linked to another group.
A case that started in 2022
Added to these is the conviction of his brother, whose case became known when he spread a message on social networks in which he threatened his brother to reveal the facts about his private life, including the attempt to hire a witch to blackmail . against his choice partner Kylian Mbappé.
Justice opened an investigation that revealed a blackmail plot that continued throughout 2022, carried out by his childhood friends in the municipality of Roissy-en-Brie, outside Paris.
The night of the kidnapping
The height of blackmail took place on the night of March 19, 2022, when Pogba went to the house of one of his childhood friends, where some armed hooded men also came and threatened him if he did not pay 13 million.
The footballer paid, but was blocked by his bank due to security measures.
His brother Mathias was not in that kidnapping.but the court deemed him an accomplice in the blackmail attempt.
These are the sentences
for weeks Mathias forced his brother to pay, even threatening him, justifying a sentence of one year in prison and a fine of 20,000 euros.
Roushdane K., considered the brain of the case, He was sentenced to eight years in prison, while his accomplices, Adama C. and Mamadou C, are five, the second with an exempt compliance.
Machikour K and Boubacar C. were sentenced to four years in prison, two exempt from compliance.
Lawyers for all those convicted have announced their intention to appeal the verdict.
Source: La Verdad
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