On Sunday, a United States court dismissed the rape allegation lawsuit against Machester United and Portugal footballer Cristiano Ronaldo. According to the judgement, since the evidence was based on either stolen or leaked records, the evidence was considered tainted. US District Judge Jennifer Dorsey said that the accused lawyers got his information through confidential documents.
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The US legal system follows the ‘fruit of poisonous tree’ concept. According to this, any evidence obtained through tainted means is treated as compromised. This brings to an end a case that has gone on for more than ten years. Kathryn Mayorga, a school teacher and model, accused Ronaldo of raping her in 2009.
We at FootTheBall follow the timeline of the case.
The federal civil case alleging that Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo raped a woman in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2009 was dismissed https://t.co/w8tb8xtESJ
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Cristiano Ronaldo Case Timeline
June 2009: Kathryn Mayorga, who was then in Las Vegas, went to a party with Ronaldo. According to her, the footballers raped her at the party.
June 2009: Mayorga contacts the Las Vegas Police after she was allegedly assaulted. She told her dispatcher that since the person who assaulted her was a public figure, she wanted to remain anonymous. After that, she was taken to a hospital where a rape kit examination was conducted.
June 2009: Cristiano Ronaldo claimed that the sex was consensual, and he did not force himself upon her.
January 2010: The lawyers of Mayorga and Ronaldo got in touch over an out-of-court settlement. Reports state that Ronaldo paid her $375,000, and in return, Mayorga signed an agreement which said that she could never talk about allegations against the footballer.
April 2017: The case went under the radar for the next eight years. That was until German news site Der Spiegel published the story. According to the site, Ronaldo forcibly took Mayorga into her room and, despite opposition from her, sexually assaulted her. The magazine said it received a letter from Susan K, who was later identified as Mayorga. According to the letter, Ronaldo said, “99% of the time I am a good guy but don’t know what happened to 1%”.
April 2018: A year after the reports, Cristiano Ronaldo came into the public for the first time on the allegations. The footballer said that he was being falsely implicated. His agent…
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