(FILES) Mathias Pogba, who is accused of pressurising his brother French football player Paul Pogba and his family, leaves the Paris Criminal Court after his trial was suspended, in Paris on November 26, 2024. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)
Paris: A Paris court on Thursday sentenced a brother of France midfielder Paul Pogba to a three-year prison term, with two years suspended, after convicting him in a high-profile extortion case.
Mathias Pogba will be able to serve his one-year sentence with an electronic bracelet rather than behind bars.
The court also fined Paul Pogba's brother 20,000 euros for participating in the attempted extortion of 13 million euros ($13.5 million) from Pogba in 2022, and for putting pressure on the player, his family and his business contacts to obtain the payment.
