Real Madrid sue Portuguese newspaper over Cristiano Ronaldo rape allegations

By Daily Sports on October 12, 2018

Real Madrid on Thursday said they are taking legal action against Correio da Manha after the newspaper in Portugal published a story alleging that the Spanish Primera Division club obligated Cristiano Ronaldo to pay off Kathryn Mayorga after an alleged assault inside a suite at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas in 2009.

The Portuguese daily, citing unnamed sources, alleges that Real Madrid, who Ronaldo was in the process of joining from Manchester United in June 2009, pressured their star forward to reach the out-of-court financial settlement agreed with Mayorga the following January.

On Wednesday, Ronaldo’s Las Vegas-based attorney said his client”"vehemently denies all of the allegations” made in a lawsuit filed last month, and he described the encounter in June 2009 as “consensual in nature.”

“Real Madrid C. F. can today announce that the club has taken legal action against the Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manhã for publishing categorically false information in an effort to seriously damage the image of this club,” Real Madrid said

“Real Madrid has absolutely no knowledge of any of the information that the newspaper published with regard to the player Cristiano Ronaldo, and therefore the club was unable to take action on a matter of which it had no knowledge. Real Madrid has demanded total rectification of the situation from the aforementioned newspaper.”

Mayorga alleges that Ronaldo raped her in his hotel room in the city on June 13 2009 -- the out-of-court settlement was Jan 2010

Ronaldo joined Madrid from Manchester United in a world record transfer during summer 2009, with the Old Trafford outfit accepting Real's £80 million bid on June 11, and his presentation at the Bernabeu as a new Blancos player taking place on July 6.

Ronaldo, now 33, played for Real Madrid until the summer of 2018 when he joined Serie A club, Juventus.

Ronaldo’s attorney, Peter S. Christiansen, alleges that reports about the 2009 encounter were on electronic data leaks of documents that he said were stolen by a hacker from law firms and other entities in Europe and then put up for sale. (KweseESPN)

•Photo shows Real Madrid President Florentino Perez

Source Daily Sports

Posted October 12, 2018


 

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