Will Paul Pogba attend the trial of five of his relatives and his older brother, for the extortion of which he was a victim? The footballer’s entourage talks with him World the vagueness of his presence, during this judicial meeting that takes place from Tuesday, November 26 to Tuesday, December 3, before the 16my Paris criminal courtroom.
The 31-year-old French international, suspended for doping, is at the center of a highly publicized trial. His sporting horizons have brightened recently. Although his contract is about to be terminated by Juventus Turin, leaving him free to dedicate himself elsewhere, he was authorized, following a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport issued on October 4, to resume official competition and, therefore , the thread of his career. in March 2025.
In Paris, his five relatives and childhood friends will appear for extortion, attempted extortion, kidnapping and kidnapping, and criminal conspiracy. Mathias Pogba, a 34-year-old former footballer with a modest career, will be tried for attempted extortion and criminal association. Arrested in police custody in September 2022, following the complaint of his brother Paul in Italy in July 2022, and the latter’s hearing by investigators from the Central Office to Combat Organized Crime, responsible for the investigation called Pena, Mathias Pogba was later charged and remanded in custody, before being released in December 2022.
“Violence and limitations”
In his 44-page referral order, the investigating judge returns to this night from March 19 to 20, 2022, on the sidelines of a meeting with the French team in Clairefontaine (Yvelines), during which Paul Pogba was accompanied by friends of your neighborhood. to an apartment in Montévrain (Seine-et-Marne). While the blues star was forced to turn off his phone on the spot, two hooded men wearing bulletproof vests and heavily armed appeared. “inserted” by his childhood friend Roushdane K., and aims at the player.
“Not identified in procedure”The two individuals sentenced Paul Pogba to pay them 13 million euros, of which 3 in cash. “in exchange for protection” of a “small criminal group that, without knowing it, would have ensured their protection.” Roushdane K. indica “have guaranteed payment.”
According to the elements of the investigation, which “established the existence of violence and coercion” With the aim of obtaining payment of the 13 million euros, the player asked, on April 19, 2022, his financial advisor to transfer 12.9 million euros to his account in Dubai, to be able to make a transfer to the account of a relative, Adama C., in the emirate. Before you retire, your financial advisor having “warned” AND “questioned about the amount of the operation”.
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