While the Pogba case is now in the hands of two investigating judges and the Paris prosecutor’s office on Friday opened a judicial investigation into the extortion denounced by the player, franceinfo exclusively reveals that Paul Pogba was heard a second time by investigators in August.
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Paul Pogba denies having called on a marabout to cast a spell on Kylian Mbappé and says he is convinced that his older brother Mathias is acting under pressure from racketeers: this is revealed by the footballer’s second hearing, which franceinfo was able to consult in exclusivity the minutes. The footballer finds himself at the heart of a case of attempted extortion, according to him, led by some of his relatives, including his older brother. The investigations into the extortion denounced by the player were entrusted to two investigating judges.
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During this second hearing, in August, Paul Pogba claims to have paid money to a marabout for a humanitarian association that helps children in Africa, and not to cast a spell on the star striker of PSG , Kylian Mbappe. He explains that he has the means to prove what he advances.
The footballer also says he is convinced that his older brother Mathias is acting under pressure from racketeers. When he arrived in Turin this summer, Mathias wrote to him in a message, received on his phone: “You’ll be thinking of us now that you got a signing bonus.” According to our information, Paul Pogba has changed his telephone number twice since the start of the case, to flee the harassment of which he was the victim, without success.
In addition, the investigators are still trying to shed light on this moment when, in July, unknown persons allegedly broke into the home of Paul Pogba’s mother, to reiterate the threats addressed to the midfielder of the Blues. They heard the head of security for the France team, asked to protect the footballer’s mother.