On Thursday, December 19, the Paris criminal court sentenced Mathias Pogba to three years in prison, two of which were suspended, at the trial of the resounding case of kidnapping of his brother, French footballer Paul Pogba.
This one-year sentence will be adjusted, with placement under an electronic bracelet. He also fined Paul Pogba’s brother 20,000 euros for participating in the 2022 extortion attempt of 13 million euros targeting his brother and for exerting numerous pressure on the French international, his family and professional relationships in order to obtain this payment.
The five other defendants, childhood friends or acquaintances of Paul Pogba, were found guilty of extortion, kidnapping and detention as well as participation in a criminal conspiracy and sentenced to sentences of up to eight years prison, with fines of 20,000 euros to 40,000 euros. Only the charge of kidnapping was not retained, as the public prosecutor had suggested.
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Eight years in prison for Roushdane K., considered the mastermind
Roushdane K., considered the mastermind of the affair, the only one to appear detained, was sentenced to eight years in prison, as requested by the prosecution. Adama C. was sentenced to five years in prison with a committal warrant. One of the footballer’s closest childhood friends left the room handcuffed and escorted by police officers. Mamadou M. was sentenced to five years of imprisonment, including twelve months suspended. Finally, Machikour K. and Boubacar C. were sentenced to four years in prison, including two years suspended for one and three years suspended for the other.
The Pogba affair started on the night of March 19 to 20, 2022 with an ambush set up against Paul Pogba in an apartment in Montévrain, in Seine-et-Marne. Two hooded men held him up at gunpoint in an attempt to extract 13 million euros from the midfielder, who was playing at Manchester United at the time.
The affair was revealed after the broadcast of videos on social networks in August 2022 by Mathias Pogba in which the latter notably accused Paul of having marabouted Kylian Mbappé. Most defense lawyers, furious at the sentences, which they consider too harsh, have announced their intention to appeal.
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