Mathias Pogba admitted during his police custody to be at the origin of the video broadcast on the internet at the end of August, where he threatened to make revelations about his brother Paul Pogba, learned franceinfo from sources familiar with the matter.
The brother of the French international explained that he took the initiative but did not write the text and recorded it with a man with a heavy criminal past., considered the main suspect in this case by investigators. Still in police custody this Friday morning in the premises of the Nanterre Judicial Police Department, Mathias Pogba is suspected of “organized kidnapping”, “criminal association with a view to committing a crime” and “organized gang extortion “.
Mathias Pogba denies having participated in the kidnapping of his brother in a Parisian apartment. Paul Pogba explained that he had been trapped by childhood friends and two hooded men armed with assault rifles, claiming 13 million euros from him.
In this file, called “Penalty” by the investigators, several suspects present the same version and claim to have been brutally intimidated by other members of the group. The police custody must end this weekend, learned franceinfo.