Mathias Pogba , the elder brother of Juventus midfielder Paul, and three other individuals have been placed in custody in France as part of the investigation into the extortion reported by the player.
This was reported by sources close to the investigation quoted by the French press.
Mathias Pogba appeared spontaneously, "in the early afternoon, at the investigation services and was placed in custody" by the French authorities, the sources specify.
Of the four suspects questioned by the investigators , one was placed in custody yesterday and three others today, the judicial source stressed, confirming information from the newspaper Le Monde.
The Juventus midfielder is allegedly victims of threats and attempted extortion by the same brother - with whom he is on bad terms - and some childhood friends, who allegedly blackmailed him asking him for 13 million euros . In one case, two hooded men armed with assault rifles even threatened him. And recently Mathias Pogba in a video on social media said he was aware of "secret" and "embarrassing" facts about Paul, about the lawyer Rafaela Pimenta, his attorney, and about the PSG star Kylian Mbappè.
(Unioneonline / L)