six cousins ​​of the infantry sent to trial, including his brother Mathias – Libération

2024-09-10 14:12:53

After two years of investigations into the disappearance and disappearance of the French actress in 2022, the investigative judges said this Tuesday, September 10 reference to the criminal court of five men, three friends and two relatives, and your big brother

The case has changed the world of football in 2022 and has raised a question about the professions of some football stars. This Tuesday, September 10, justice ordered the trial of six relatives of football player Paul Pogba, including that of his brother Mathias. Five men, namely three childhood friends and two old acquaintances from the area where Pogba grew up, in Roissy-en-Brie (Seine-et-Marne), are suspected of having arranged a meeting in March 2022 to force a football player. help them financially, in the name of their friend. In this event, the 2018 world champion was kidnapped and robbed by two men who demanded 13 million euros from him.

In their ruling, the two judges held that “not, as some of the accused are able to maintain, a simple friendly meeting, but rather the facts that fall under the criminal law».

Mathias, who was absent that night, discovered the murder later. For his part, he suspected that he had “make an impression on your brother and his family in order to ensure the money of 13 million thirteen“. During the summer of 2022, he published several videos accusing his younger brother of having them “hand over” and for trying to “maraabout” his teammate in choosing Kylian Mbappé.

During the trial, Mathias said he feared for his safety and that of his loved ones, then told jurors last January that other suspects had manipulated him.

“Calling themselves victims”

If the said amount of money has not been transferred, the judges identified the money transfers made by Paul Pogba to five relatives, for a total amount of almost 250,000 euros.

Developers are developed”common situatione”, according to the judges, is “claiming to be victims themselves“. They would have suffered”press and die» of two armed men designated as sponsors but who have not been identified.

Five men will be tried mainly for extortion, false imprisonment and criminal association. One of them is in pre-trial detention. Mathias, for his part, will stand trial for attempted extortion and criminal conspiracy. For the sake of “good administration of justice“, and with”the agreement of the civil society», the prosecutor’s office of Paris and the investigating judges reclassify actions that were initially considered criminal as illegal. When contacted, lawyers for the defendants did not immediately respond.

At the sporting level, Paul Pogba has accumulated frustrations in recent years. Above all, in September 2023, he was suspended for four years for doping. Now aged 31, one of the most talented players on the French team, however, assured us that he has no intention of retiring and hopes to play again after his suspension.