maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 3 OCTOBER 2018
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FOOTBALL
SPORTS
POLICE in Las Vegas have reopened a
sexual assault investigation from 2009
at the request of a woman who has al-
leged she was raped by Cristiano Ron-
aldo.
Kathryn Mayorga says she was at-
tacked by the Portuguese footballer in
a hotel room in the US city that year.
Juventus forward Ronaldo, 33, has
dismissed the claim, first reported in
Germany's Der Spiegel, as 'fake news'.
His representatives said he would
take legal action against the magazine.
Der Spiegel said Mayorga, 34, filed a
report with Las Vegas police shortly
after the alleged incident.
In 2010, she reportedly reached an
out-of-court settlement with Ron-
aldo involving a $375,000 payment
for agreeing never to go public with
the allegations.
Her lawyers are now seeking to declare
the non-disclosure agreement void.
Las Vegas police confirmed they had
investigated a complaint in June 2009,
but added they had no suspect in the
case.
"At the time the report was taken,
the victim did not provide detectives
with the location of the incident or
suspect description," a statement said.
"As of September 2018, the case has
been reopened and our detectives are
following up on information being
provided," it added.
Ronaldo joined Italy's Juventus from
Real Madrid earlier this year.
The Portuguese international is re-
garded as one of the greatest players
of all time.
Las Vegas police reopen
Cristiano Ronaldo rape case
Ronaldo has called the
rape allegations "fake news"
