Mathias Pogba admitted to being behind the video in which he threatened to make revelations about his brother Paul. But he denied having participated in his confinement in a Paris apartment in order to extort money from him.
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The five people in police custody, including Paul Pogba’s brother, Mathias, as part of the investigation into a case of extortion and kidnapping, were transferred overnight from Friday to Saturday, franceinfo learned from sources close to investigation. They must be presented to an examining magistrate this Saturday morning. Mathias Pogba admitted Friday 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 close to the file, confirming information of the Parisian.
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The brother of the French international explained to have taken the initiative but not to have written the text and to have recorded it with another man with a heavy criminal past, considered the main suspect in this case by the investigators. This 37-year-old man is the oldest of the gang. He was arrested on Tuesday as he was preparing to flee abroad. According to information from franceinfo, investigators suspect him of being at the heart of the case. Mathias Pogba denies for his part having participated in the confinement 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. The other three suspects, childhood friends of the Blues midfielder, have been in custody since Wednesday. They acknowledge having taken advantage of the generosity of Paul Pogba and having pressured him to pay the sum of 13 million euros. They claim to have done this against their will, forced and threatened by a criminal group. 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.