Paul Pogba's older brother, Mathias Pogba, and four men are presented on Saturday to an examining magistrate "with a view to their indictment" as part of the investigation into the extortion of funds denounced by the star of the Blues, we learned from a judicial source.
Mathias Pogba, 32, who went himself to the investigating service on Wednesday, admitted to being at the initiative of the video threatening Paul Pogba broadcast on August 27.
The other four suspects, relatives of the Pogba brothers aged 27 to 36, had been in custody since Tuesday and Wednesday at the premises of the Central Office for the Fight against Organized Crime (Oclco).
No details were given on their role in this incredible affair which shook the world of football two months before the World Cup in Qatar.
In the enigmatic video of Mathias Pogba, which had brought to light the extortions of which Paul Pogba claims to be a victim, the eldest promised "revelations" about his younger brother.
The Juventus player had filed a complaint with the Turin (Italy) public prosecutor's office on July 16, alleging extortion amounting to 13 million euros between March and July 2022.
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