Mathias Pogba, the older brother of footballer Paul Pogba, and three other people have been taken into police custody in the investigation into extortion denounced by the Juventus Turin player, we learned on Wednesday from judicial and close sources. folder.
Mathias Pogba presented himself "at the beginning of the afternoon (Wednesday) to the investigation service and was placed in police custody", specified the close source.
Of the four suspects heard, one was taken into custody on Tuesday and three on Wednesday, the judicial source said, confirming information from
Le Monde
.
The Paris prosecutor's office had opened in August a judicial investigation into the extortion denounced by the midfielder of the France team and Juventus Turin.
A preliminary investigation was opened in Paris on this incredible affair, launched following a complaint filed by Paul Pogba on July 16 with the Turin prosecutor's office.
The investigations have been entrusted to two investigating magistrates, announced Friday the Paris prosecutor, Laure Beccuau, in a press release.
The case was brought to light after the publication on August 27 of an enigmatic video by Mathias Pogba, the player's older brother and himself a footballer, who promised "revelations" about Paul.
The latter, his adviser Rafaela Pimenta and his mother, Yeo Moriba, also the mother of Mathias, had mentioned in a press release "threats and attempts at extortion in an organized gang" against Paul Pogba.
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