The elder brother of Paul Pogba has been charged and detained over the alleged extortion of the French worldwide footballer, a supply near the case stated Saturday.
“We’re going to problem this determination,” Mathias Pogba’s lawyer, Yassine Bouzrou, advised French broadcaster BFMTV, insisting that his shopper had dedicated no legal offence.
A judicial supply stated that 4 different folks being held and questioned over the case, aged between 27 and 36, had additionally been charged and detained.
The 5 have been held in custody since Tuesday and Wednesday.
Paul Pogba filed a grievance with Turin prosecutors on July 16, saying he was the goal of a 13-million-euro blackmail plot.
In response to sources near the Pogba household contacted by AFP, giant sums of cash are being demanded from Paul Pogba if he needs to keep away from the dissemination of allegedly compromising movies.
French prosecutors launched an investigation on September 2. It’s being dealt with collectively by the French police’s anti-gang and central crime items.