A French professional footballer, Paul Pogba older brother, Mathias, was nabbed by the French police on Wednesday over extortion claims
Along with Mathias, the authorities also detained 4 other people who attempted to extort €13 million from the Juventus midfielder.
Paul Pogba Brother Mathias Pogba Arrested Over Extortion Claims By French Police, Prison FC Memes Viral On Twitter
🚨 Mathias Pogba was taken into police custody, along with three other people.
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Prison FC have made preliminary contact to bring Mathias Pogba to the club.
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According to a report by Le Monde, Mathias himself surrendered to the police on Wednesday.
Investigators were looking into the matter and found out that the former Manchester United midfielder was forced to hand over €100,000 at gunpoint back in March this year.
The arrest news of the professional player’s brother came just a few days after French prosecutors confirmed a judicial investigation was launched.
The French Prosecutors released a statement confirming the judicial investigation as they said, “Based on the findings of the preliminary investigation, the Paris prosecutor’s office launched a judicial investigation today relating to allegations against persons unknown, including blackmail by an armed gang, kidnapping or kidnapping with a release before the seventh day to prepare or facilitate the commission of a crime or an offence, and membership of a criminal conspiracy.”
The incident came into the light after Mathias posted a video on his social media handle alleging that Pogba was using black magic and witchcraft on Kylian Mbappe.
In his video, Mathias was seen saying that, “The French, English, Italian and Spanish public, in other words, the whole world, as well as my brother’s fans, and even more so the French team and Juventus, my brother’s teammates and his sponsors deserve to know certain things.”
He further added, “I will tell you very important things about [Mbappe] and there will be elements and many testimonies to confirm my words. Everything could be explosive and make a lot of noise.”
Earlier this month the media had quizzed Kylian Mbappe regarding the reports about Paul Pogba and his brother. To which the PSG star replied that he had a conversation with his France teammate and for the time being he has chosen to believe him.
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