As per Het Parool and VoetbalPrimeur, Ajaxโs Brian Brobbey has reportedly been the victim of blackmail. A good friend of his was โshot as a result and barely managed to surviveโ.
According to Dutch investigative circles, Brobbey fell victim to what is referred to as the โHolleeder methodโ. This refers to when one Willem Holleeder and his accomplices deliberately created fake conflicts in which they made wealthy businessmen believe that they had problems with heavy-hitters from the criminal circuit. They then offered to solve these fictional problems in exchange for large sums of money.
Brobbeyโs unfortunate situation concerns the notorious Antillean-Amsterdam criminal Jeymon A. (31) according to sources within the police and justice system. He used a โclassic extortion trickโ to get the better of Brobbey.
Jeymon A., known in the underworld as โPiccaloโ, approached the Ajax striker in 2022 at Valhalla, an annual festival at the RAI complex. During that approach, Brobbey was told that โMoroccans from Utrechtโ were looking for him. Jeymon A. claimed to have solved that for him, but made it quickly known that he wanted a fee.
Brobbey claimed that he did not know the โMoroccans from Utrechtโ and told the story to a good childhood friend, who at that time was himself the subject of an investigation into drug trafficking. While itโs likely Brobbey did not know that at that time, the childhood friend promised to solve the problem himself.
Reports of attacks
During the night of 15 to 16 January 2023, Brobbeyโs mother-in-lawโs mailbox was damaged with heavy fireworks. Two months later, an explosive was set off at Brobbeyโs car on the night of the 18th of March. This attack resulted in a tumultuous night for the striker, who came on as a substitute in the 77th minute a day later in De Klassieker, when Ajax lost 3-2 and ultimately gave up the title.
At first, the police assumed intimidation came from Feyenoord hooligans. However, it was later linked to the extortion of Jeymon A. With this, the incidents only got worse.
First, his sister-in-lawโs car was set on fire. Then, two months later, on July 9, Brobbey went to play padel with his brothers and his childhood friend. In the evening, said friend met Jeymon A. on his own initiative, to try and solve the problem. Following a confrontation, the friend was eventually shot and barely made it to a police station.
Reports continue, claiming that although the childhood friend didnโt want to say anything about the incident, later phone records show that he โtook a bullet for Brobbeyโ. Subsequently, the pressure on the Ajax man increased.
The striker received a text message that he โhas to pay 150,000 euros before the end of the month, otherwise they will do it differentlyโ. It is also claimed that they know where he lives.
Fortunately, the shooting incident turned out to be Jeymon A.โs last violent incident after he was arrested for various cases. He has now been sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempted manslaughter of Brobbeyโs childhood friend, possession of a firearm and possession of 1.6 kilos of MDMA. There are no indications that Brobbey paid the money. The striker is said to have given his childhood friend money, but according to him, that was unrelated to the incident.
GBeNeFNย |ย Max Bradfield
