Suddenly, the atmosphere became heavier in room 2.03 of the Paris Court. Late in the afternoon of Friday, November 29, the fourth day of the Pogba case proceedings, it was Roushdane K.’s turn to be questioned. He is the only one of the six defendants prosecuted for attempted extortion, kidnapping and kidnapping of the famous footballer who appears detained in a glass box. With an impressive complexion and a dull voice, the one others call “Roush” or “Red” dodged most of the questions about the course of the night from March 19 to 20, 2022, which is the crux of the matter, then the different episodes of Pressure exerted on Paul Pogba’s mother.
The 39-year-old man, with a significant criminal record (he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempted murder and then to 5 years for complicity in kidnapping and kidnapping) is seen by the prosecution as the leader of operations aimed at extorting a large sum of money from the 2018 world champion. It was he who, on the afternoon of March 19, went to pick up Paul Pogba and the two Camara brothers to take them to the Montévrain apartment. (Seine-et-Marne) where the gang planned “explain” about distancing himself from this childhood friend who became a soccer star. So, who would have brought the two hooded and armed men who robbed the player, demanding payment of 13 million euros for the protection they would have provided him without his knowledge in the past? It was also he who later pressured the champion’s mother, Yeo Moriba, to encourage her son to pay up. And he, again, who helps Mathias Pogba make his video of threats against his brother.
During the five interrogations carried out during the judicial investigation, he provided few details about the course of events. Saying ” victim “claiming to want to remain silent “for fear of reprisals”or claiming memory loss to justify their lack of responses to investigators. At the hearing he chained ” I don’t know “, “I don’t remember”, “I don’t want to answer” to specific questions from the president of the court. cutting it “I don’t want to talk about that.” when he questioned him about the two hooded men. He barely said a few words in a dull voice about the evening.
“Adama, Paul and I were all robbed”
Like the rest of the protagonists, he stated that the evening with Paul Pogba was improvised, but he ended up admitting that he wanted to meet him personally. “present knowledge”. Roushdane K. also admitted to having participated in the preparation meeting with the rest of the player’s group of childhood friends. Later, however, he said that he found “by chance” Paul Pogba and Adama C. leaving the latter’s parents’ house, this famous March 19 around midnight. The accused then admits having sent the address where the group was located to his home. “knowledge”, whose identity he refuses to specify. The story is approximate, hesitant, full of things that are not said.
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