Lawsuit for rape against Cristiano Ronaldo dismissed in the United States

The civil lawsuit for rape filed by a former American model against Cristiano Ronaldo was dismissed by a district judge in Las Vegas (Nevada), according to a court ruling, reports the AFP news agency.

Magistrate Jennifer Dorsey rejected the case, pointing out irregularities committed by the defense of the American Kathryn Mayorga, who alleges that she was sexually abused by the Manchester United star in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2009.

In her 42-page ruling, the judge accused the woman’s lawyers of “abuse and blatant circumvention of the proper litigation process” and considered as a result that the plaintiff “loses her opportunity to continue with this case.”

The former Juventus and Real Madrid player, 37, has always denied the accusations and has maintained that the relationship with the woman was completely consensual.

The American justice had already decided in 2019 not to prosecute the footballer in criminal courts due to lack of evidence. In the civil case, a judge had recommended in October to file the complaint of Mayorga, who is now 37 years old, considering that it was based in part on documents that had been leaked to the press by “Football Leaks” that should not have been in his power.

Those documents contained communications between the striker and his lawyers, protected by law in the United States.