{"id":1204989,"date":"2022-09-15T13:20:46","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T13:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/15\/pogbas-brother-in-police-custody-over-extortion-allegations\/"},"modified":"2022-09-15T13:20:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T13:20:46","slug":"pogbas-brother-in-police-custody-over-extortion-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/15\/pogbas-brother-in-police-custody-over-extortion-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Pogba&#8217;s brother in police custody over extortion allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"687\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/download-1-696x687.png\"   alt=\"Paul Pogba\" title=\"Paul Pogba\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Pogba<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>An elder brother of\u00a0Paul Pogba\u00a0has been taken into police custody in connection with organised armed extortion against the\u00a0Juventus\u00a0midfielder, sources have told ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMathias Pogba presented himself to the investigators in the early afternoon and was taken into custody,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p>The source added that three other people are also in custody. Temporary detention in France usually ends after 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The Paris prosecutor\u2019s office opened an investigation last month into attempted organised extortion, which is being handled by anti-corruption police.<\/p>\n<p>French prosecutors are investigating allegations that Paul Pogba was the target of extortion by his elder brother Mathias and childhood friends. They allegedly demanded \u20ac13 million (nearly $13m) from the former\u00a0Manchester United\u00a0player.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Mathias Pogba\u2019s lawyer, Richard Arbib, said his client wants \u201cto state emphatically that he is a complete stranger to any extortion attempt against his brother, Paul Pogba.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The case became public after Mathias Pogba posted a video and tweets threatening to share \u201cexplosive revelations\u201d about his brother and\u00a0Paris Saint-Germain\u2018s\u00a0Kylian Mbappe.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Pogba reportedly told investigators the blackmailers aimed to discredit him by claiming he asked a witch doctor to cast a spell on Mbappe.<\/p>\n<p>Pogba denied that allegation and\u00a0Mbappe has sided with the player\u00a0he won a World Cup with in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old Mathias Pogba is also a footballer who spent most of his career with lower-tier teams in England and other European countries.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"fqZSNmTZFCs\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Egg Consumption: \u2018Claim tht practice can lead to excessive fat in the body is myth\u2019 (14-9-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fqZSNmTZFCs?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Pogba An elder brother of\u00a0Paul Pogba\u00a0has been taken into police custody in connection with organised armed extortion against the\u00a0Juventus\u00a0midfielder, sources have told ESPN. \u201cMathias Pogba presented himself to the investigators in the early afternoon and was taken into custody,\u201d the source said. The source added that three other people are also in custody. 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