Paul Pogba

Paul Pogba has released a statement referring to "extortion" after his brother recorded a video promising "great revelations" about the Juventus player.

Childhood friends, brother demanding $12.9M, says Juventus, France player as Paris prosecutors launch investigation - Anadolu Agency.

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Pogba claimed in March that his friends forcefully took him to an apartment in Paris, where two armed men were present. Pogba, 29, plays for the French national football team and the Juventus football club.

A police investigation has been opened after claims by French football star Paul Pogba that he is the victim of a multi-million euro blackmail plot that ...

The Paris Saint-Germain striker, and France teammate of Paul Pogba, appears reluctantly in the affair. France Info radio reported that Paul Pogba told investigators he had been threatened by "childhood friends and two hooded men armed with assault rifles". On Saturday, Mathias Pogba published a video on Instagram in which he promised "great revelations" about Paul and the Juventus player's agent, Rafaela Pimenta. They added that "competent bodies in Italy and France were informed a month ago". Mathias, who was born in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, has had a journeyman career which has taken him to Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Slovenia. [Paul](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/paul-pogba/) (29) and the twin brother of Florentin.

French football player Paul Pogba's claim that he is being extorted is being investigated by French police, the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office confirmed ...

In his Saturday video, Mathias said, "The French, Italian and English public... The OCLCO is the branch of the French judicial police in charge of investigations into organized crime. A spokesperson for the prosecutor's office told CNN an investigation was launched earlier this month.

French authorities have opened a police investigation into Paul Pogba's allegations that he is being extorted by an organized gang, according to the Agence ...

“They are in addition to threats and extortion attempts by an organized gang against Paul Pogba,” read a statement signed by Pogba’s lawyers, Pimenta and Pogba’s mother, per AFP. ](https://apnews.com/article/soccer-sports-france-paris-65034a395e98da4095c3fc4580322e6a) [Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/soccer-sports-france-paris-65034a395e98da4095c3fc4580322e6a) on Monday that an investigation was opened this month into attempted organized extortion.

French authorities are investigating claims that Paul Pogba has been the victim of "threats and extortion attempts by an organized gang" — and by his older ...

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