Rape lawsuit in opposition to Cristiano Ronaldo dismissed

The ruling comes almost three years after prosecutors stated Ronaldo would face no prices in Las Vegas in reference to a 10-year-old sexual assault allegation as a result of the case can’t be confirmed past an affordable doubt.

Kathryn Mayorga filed a civil lawsuit in September 2018 in state court docket in Nevada accusing Ronaldo of raping her in a Las Vegas lodge penthouse suite in 2009, then paying her $375,000 in hush cash.

Ronaldo, who performs for Premier League membership Manchester United, has maintained he’s harmless. US District Decide Jennifer Dorsey kicked the case out of court docket on Friday over the way in which paperwork have been obtained.

The choose stated that dismissing a case outright with no choice to file it once more is a extreme sanction, however that Ronaldo had been harmed by the conduct of the girl’s lawyer, Leslie Mark Stovall.

“I discover that the procurement and continued use of those paperwork was unhealthy religion,” the choose stated in her ruling.

“Merely disqualifying Stovall won’t remedy the unfairness to Ronaldo as a result of the misappropriated paperwork and their confidential contents have been woven into the very material of (the plaintiff’s) claims.

“Harsh sanctions are merited.”