Highlights :
- Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest footballers in the history of the game. The Portuguese International has set many new records in World football.
- Is Cristiano Ronaldo’s personal life as smooth as his professional career? There is a big scandal related to him which has come into light a few days back.
- A woman has accused Cristiano Ronaldo for rape case and he has paid $375,000 to silence the woman.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s personal life is not as perfect as his professional career. A woman named Kathryn Mayorga accused the star Portuguese footballer to rape her in a hotel room in Las Vegas in 2009. Clark County District Attorney’s Office declared that Ronaldo would not face any criminal charges, as there was no great evidence against him to prove him guilty.
The police of Las Vegas started the investigation of the rape case in June 2009. Kathryn Mayorga was not ready to disclose the name of the accuser and the police closed the investigation in the same year.
In April 2017, a German news agency named ‘Der Spiegel’ published news with accusing Cristiano Ronaldo involved in a rape.
However, star Portuguese footballer claims it to be fake news. In September 2018, Kathryn Mayorga came in front of the World through the same German news agency.
She again filed a complaint against Cristiano Ronaldo in Nevada State court. They reopened the case file. Ronaldo tried to clean himself up with posting a message on Twitter. According to him,
‘I firmly deny the accusations being issued against me. Rape is an abominable crime that goes against everything that I am and believe in. Keen as I may be to clear my name, I refuse to feed the media spectacle created by people seeking to promote themselves at my expense.’
Cristiano Ronaldo
‘My clear conscious will thereby allow me to await with tranquillity the results of any and all investigations.’
Cristiano Ronaldo
The state court of Nevada asked the police department of Las Vegas to present the DNA sample of Cristiano Ronaldo in January, 2019. According to the lawyer of the Portuguese footballer, it will be very certain if the DNA matches the DNA sample of Ronaldo. After the incident of Cristiano Ronaldo accused, the Portuguese footballer always claims that the incident that happened in Las Vegas was consensual.
Cristiano Ronaldo paid a fee of $375,000 to the American woman Kathryn Mayorga to maintain the confidentiality of the case.
On July 22, Clark County District Attorney’s Office gave their verdict. According to that verdict, the court would not accuse Ronaldo in the case as the allegations against him was not proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
The woman was not able to prove Cristiano Ronaldo guilty but the rape incident would remain as a black mark in his personal life. The players like him are idols of the young aspiring footballers. They should live a life that can be followed by all without any doubt in the character.