Paul Pogba's Brother Was Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison For Extortion

Paul Pogba was blackmailed by his own brother (Instagram/@paulpogba).

JAKARTA - Paul Pogba's brother, Mathias Pogba, was sentenced to three years in prison by the Paris Criminal Court on Thursday, December 19, 2024 - two of whom were suspended - in cases of extortion and kidnapping.

Mathias Pogba has spent time in detention and the remaining sentence will be served under house arrest by electronic monitoring.

This sentence is in line with the prosecutor's request. His lawyer said he would appeal the decision.

The case at the Paris Court took place without the former Manchester United and Juventus players.

A judge has ordered Mathias Pogba and five other men to stand trial after an investigation into whether Paul Pogba was targeted by his brother and childhood friends in 2022.

Mathias was tried last month for attempted extortion and criminal conspiracy offenses. Five other people - identified only by their first names - demanded 13 million euros from Paul Pogba, who was being held at gunpoint by masked people in March 2022.

The defendants repeatedly intimidated Paul Pogba, claiming that he should support them after he became an international football star.

They are accused of extortion, kidnapping, and confinement to facilitate crimes, as well as criminal conspiracy.

Roushdane K., who is suspected of bailing out the extortion, was sentenced to eight years in prison. Others were also sentenced to prison.

According to reports in French media, the court also found that Paul Pogba had suffered economic losses of 197,000 euros and moral losses of 50,000 euros.

The court ordered all defendants, except Mathias Pogba, to jointly pay the amount to the former Juventus player.

During the investigation, Paul Pogba said that he paid 100,000 euros to organized groups, including his brother.

The case went public after Mathias Pogba posted a threat on social media to share shocking disclosures about Paul Pogba, Kylian Mbappe, and Paul Pogba's agent Rafaela Pimenta.

Mathias is also a footballer who spent most of his career with bottom teams in Europe.

Once one of the world's best midfielders, Pogba has made headlines in recent years, especially because of problems off the pitch rather than because of his sporting abilities.

Earlier this month, Juventus said it had reached a joint agreement with Paul Pogba to cancel his contract, even though the 2018 World Cup winner and the French national team had been reduced by sentences due to his doping last month.

The Serie A club never seems to be too enthusiastic about welcoming Paul Pogba back after his four-year ban because doping was reduced to 18 months, following an appeal to the Sports Arbitration Court (CAS).

Paul Pogba will be free to continue his career in March 2025.

As is known, he tested positive for using testosterone in August last year and was sentenced to a maximum sentence by the Italian Anti-Doping Court.

However, judge CAS cut the ban on playing Paul Pogba because they admitted there was no intention and said that the positive test result was the result of consuming supplements prescribed to him by a medical doctor in Florida wrongly.

Meanwhile, Pogba's contract with Juventus expires in June 2026.

In 2016, Pogba became the most expensive player in history when he joined Manchester United from Juventus for 105 million euros.

Injuries limited his performance to just eight Serie A matches in his second period in Turin before his ban on playing last year.