Ronaldo will not face fees for sexual assault
Cristiano Ronaldo will not face legal fees after being accused of raping a lady in 2009. Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Pictures
Cristiano Ronaldo will not face legal fees after a lady accused him of raping her at his Palms On line casino Resort penthouse suite in 2009.
Clark County District Lawyer Steve Wolfson stated he reviewed a brand new police investigation and decided that Kathryn Mayorga’s declare cannot be confirmed past an affordable doubt.
“Due to this fact, no fees can be forthcoming,” Wolfson stated in a press release.
@LasVegasDA Declines to Prosecute 10-year-old Sexual Assault Allegation Towards Cristiano Ronaldo. @ClarkCountyNV pic.twitter.com/XXdc8D9Plk
— Clark County DA (@LasVegasDA) July 22, 2019
Ronaldo’s legal professional, Peter Christiansen, was touring Monday and never instantly out there to remark. Christiansen has stated Ronaldo and Mayorga had consensual intercourse in 2009. He denied it was rape.
Attorneys for Mayorga, a former mannequin and schoolteacher, didn’t instantly reply to phone, textual content and e-mail messages.
The Related Press usually doesn’t title individuals who say they’re victims of sexual assault. Mayorga gave consent by means of her legal professionals to make her title public.
She has a lawsuit pending towards Ronaldo in U.S. courtroom in Las Vegas that accused Ronaldo or these working for him of conspiracy, defamation, breach of contract and coercion and fraud. She says they allowed phrases of a confidential monetary settlement with Mayorga to develop into public.
Mayorga’s legal professional, Leslie Mark Stovall, has acknowledged that Mayorga acquired $375,000 to quiet her following the encounter. He maintained that settlement was made below stress from “fixers” making an attempt to guard Ronaldo’s repute.
The lawsuit seeks to void the settlement and acquire at the least $200,000 extra from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo, who performs in Italy for the Turin-based soccer membership Juventus, is among the most recognizable and extremely paid gamers in sports activities.
Mayorga underwent a medical examination to gather DNA proof shortly after she says Ronaldo assaulted her in June 2009. She spoke once more with police for the brand new investigation, and authorities this 12 months obtained a pattern of Ronaldo’s DNA by means of Italian authorities.
Police stated the preliminary investigation was closed in 2009 as a result of Mayorga solely recognized her attacker as a European soccer participant, not by title, and didn’t say the place she claims the rape occurred.
The investigation was reopened final 12 months on the request of her attorneys, shortly earlier than they sued Ronaldo.