Juventus forward, Cristiano Ronaldo, has responded to reports that he raped a woman in Las Vegas in 2009 as “fake news”.
“They want to promote themselves through my name,” Ronaldo said on Instagram. “It’s normal. They want to be famous. But that’s part of [my] job. I am a happy man and everything is fine.”
The case over an alleged rape was re-opened against Ronaldo in Nevada, United States last week.
Almost a year and a half after the first reports surfaced, German publication Der Spiegel revealed the name of the victim, whom they interviewed.
Her lawyers have called into question the compensation agreement which was reached in 2009 and are “questioning the validity” of the settlement in a civil complaint.
Kathryn Mayorga, 34, is the women who Ronaldo supposedly violated and then subsequently paid her 375,000 dollars to remain silent.
Recall that Ronaldo denied the allegations and said she consented.
Der Spiegel reveals that the lawyers’ new complaint is based on a document containing the Juventus star’s account of what happened in 2009.
In it, the 33-year old is quoted as saying “she said ‘no’ and ‘stop’ several times.”
