Mathias Pogba, brother of former Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba, has been sentenced to three years in prison in France for attempting to extort €13 million from his younger sibling. Paul Pogba claimed he was kidnapped and threatened at gunpoint, leading him to pay €100,000. Mathias Pogba denied involvement in the kidnapping but was found guilty of pressuring his brother and family for the money.
Mathias Pogba has been sentenced to three years in prison over the extortion plot against his brother Paul Paul Pogba ’s brother, Mathias, has been sentenced to three years in prison in France after being found guilty of attempted extortion against the former Manchester United midfielder. Mathias Pogba , 34, was one of six defendants who stood on trial after being accused of trying to extort €13 million out of his younger brother.
From the beginning he has proclaimed his innocence. He says he was manipulated, coerced, that he was put under pressure. That he would never have acted in a negative way towards his brother. We did not take into consideration his vulnerability, the fact that he was forced to do things regardless of his will. We are denying him this reality, which is why we are condemning him. ‘ No jealousy, no resentment. Disagreements between brothers like that happen everywhere.
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