Cristiano Ronaldo Rape Lawsuit Dismissed Due to ‘Bad Faith Conduct’ by Accuser’s Attorney

• Cristiano Ronaldo will not face charges stemming from a sexual assault allegation.
• Kathryn Mayorga’s attorney “repeatedly used stolen, privileged documents” to prosecute the case.
• Ronaldo’s lawyer says they are pleased with the judge’s decision and hope it will restore confidence in the judicial system.

Cristiano Ronaldo accuser’s counsel “repeatedly used stolen, privileged papers,” a judge dismissed his sexual assault complaint.

Cristiano Ronaldo will not face charges stemming from a sexual assault allegation levelled against him in 2009.

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Due to the acts of his accuser Kathryn Mayorga’s attorney Leslie Mark Stovall, U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey of Las Vegas dismissed a rape complaint against the Portuguese soccer star, 37, on Friday. The judge stated that their case was based on stolen and leaked documents detailing Ronaldo’s attorney-client conversations.

“Stovall’s repeated use of stolen, privileged documents to prosecute this case has every indicia of bad-faith conduct,” the judge said in the 42-page ruling.

“And because the record shows that he and Mayorga have extensively reviewed these documents and used them to fashion the very basis of Mayorga’s claims,” Dorsey continued. “Simply disqualifying Stovall will not purge the prejudice from their misuse.”

Ronaldo’s attorney Peter S. Christiansen tell they are “pleased with the federal court’s careful consideration of the issues and decision to dismiss this case.”

“Since the Plaintiff first filed suit in 2018, we have maintained the action was brought in bad faith,” Christiansen adds in a statement. “The outright dismissal of Plaintiff’s case should give all who follow this matter renewed confidence in the judicial process in this country while dissuading those who seek to undermine it.

The records revealed Mayorga’s 2009 sexual assault allegations against Ronaldo as well as her acceptance of a $375,000 civil settlement in exchange for not bringing criminal charges.

“The article is nothing but a piece of journalistic fiction,” Ronaldo’s reps said in a statement to Der Speigel at the time.

The action, which was originally filed in Nevada’s Clark County District Court, argued that Mayorga was forced to sign a nondisclosure agreement and demanded an extra $200,000 in damages.

Mayorga claimed that on June 13, 2009, she went to a nightclub called Rain in the Palms Hotel, where Ronaldo invited her and a group of individuals back to his penthouse apartment. The athlete allegedly barged into her restroom and “exposed his erect penis and asked the plaintiff to perform fellatio,” according to her.

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She claimed she refused and tried to flee, but Ronaldo allegedly dragged her “onto a bed and attempted to engage in sexual intercourse,” accusing him of sodomising her.

Mayorga will have the opportunity to appeal the judge’s decision with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.