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 France-Presse (AFP).
The news comes after Mathias Pogba, one of Pogba’s brothers, released a video on Instagram threatening to make “great revelations” about the Juventus star and his agent, Rafaela Pimenta.
The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed to the Associated Press on Monday that an investigation was opened this month into attempted organized extortion. Per the Associated Press and France-Info, Paul Pogba told police that a group of childhood friends tried to intimidate him and demanded €13 million euros from him after they claimed he didn’t support them since becoming a global star. Per the report, he also alleged that Mathias Pogba was present with the group when they confronted him at Juventus’s training ground this year.
