A chilling testimony.
Spooky.
Robbed on the night of March 19 in an apartment in Chanteloup-en-Brie (Seine-et-Marne), Paul Pogba told the police his version of the facts in a case that is shaking up French football and may have repercussions on the life of the France team.
An evening that the main interested party will never forget.
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Robbed by two hooded and armed men
Le Monde
publishes this Monday an excerpt from what the world champion said to investigators when he was threatened by two armed men after being taken by "
friends
" to this apartment in the Paris region following a start of evening spent in Paris with some childhood friends.
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“
I was afraid,
agreed Paul Pogba, absent with the Blues this week due to an injury which makes him uncertain for the World Cup (November 20-December 18).
Both guys pointed their guns at me.
Suddenly, being pointed like this under threat, I told them that I was going to pay.
They were shouting: “Shut up, look down”.
(…) One of the two hooded spoke in Roushdane's ear (Editor's note: one of the five imprisoned suspects).
When the hooded guys leave, Roushdane told me that I had to pay them, otherwise we were all in danger.
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Our colleagues ensure that on the spot, Pogba's phone is confiscated from him.
"
Two hooded men, wearing bulletproof vests and heavily armed
" land in the room and take aim at the footballer.
The so-called Roushdane K then asks him to pay 13 million euros, including 3 million in cash for the "
protection provided
" in recent years.
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Mathias Pogba, 32, brother of the world champion, was indicted for extortion in an organized gang and participation in a criminal association.
According to a source close to the investigation, he was placed under the more favorable status of assisted witness for the facts of kidnapping on the night of March 19 to 20.
He was remanded in custody.
The other four suspects, relatives of the Pogba brothers aged 27 to 36, were indicted in particular for extortion with a weapon, kidnapping in an organized gang and criminal conspiracy.