Football star Paul Pogba, 29, has stated that he was kidnapped and extorted for 140 million kroner.
Suspects: His older brother, Matthias, 32 years old.
The news agency said Matthias has now been arrested and charged France Press agency.
Paul Pogba He stated in police interrogations that in March he was arrested by his childhood friends accompanied by two masked and armed men.
Childhood friends are said to have accused him of not helping them financially and demanded a “retroactive payment” of 13 million euros – about 140 million kroner.
It is said that the same gang then appeared at the Juventus training facility and frightened him, and Pogba is said to have then identified one of the men as his brother Matthias, with whom he had a frosty relationship for many years.
threatening video
When the allegations became known, Matthias Pogba posted a video on Instagram in which he launched a threatening attack on his little brother and promised a “big revelation” in the media.
– You left me down and now you play innocent. After all is said and done, people will see that there is no coward, traitor and hypocrite greater than you on this earth, as he said in the video.
arrested and charged
Earlier this week, Matthias Pogba and three other people were arrested, and today (Saturday) preliminary hearings were held with prosecutors.
Agence France-Presse has now reported that Mathias Pogba has been requested and charged.
He had previously denied, through his lawyer, any wrongdoing.
“Mattias Pogba insists that he has nothing to do with any blackmail attempt. It is clear that the difficulties the Pogba family is going through now come from outside. Mathias wishes to calm the situation with his brother and from now on he will only speak with the parties involved in the investigation.”in man in a statement.