Lawyers representing soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo are set to return to court docket in the present day in a authorized battle over the hush cash he paid in 2010 to a girl who accused him of raping her.
The participant had paid Kathryn Mayorga – who has waived her proper to anonymity – $375,000 (£275,000) in hush cash.
She had alleged he raped her in a Las Vegas resort room in June 2009 – which he vehemently denied.
A lawsuit looking for an additional payout was dismissed in June final yr by US District Judge Jennifer Dorsey over bad-faith conduct and the usage of stolen confidential paperwork.
But on Wednesday, a US appeals court docket will hear from legal professionals making an attempt to revive Ms Mayorga’s bid to power Ronaldo to pay hundreds of thousands extra.
Her authorized group is asking the ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the dismissal of the case and reopen the civil lawsuit she first filed in Nevada in 2018.
They will argue the federal court docket choose in Nevada erred in repeatedly rejecting Ms Mayorga’s makes an attempt to unseal and embody as proof the confidentiality settlement she signed in 2010 in accepting funds from Ronaldo.
In a press release launched in October 2018, Ronaldo stated: “I firmly deny the accusations being issued against me. Rape is an abominable crime that goes against everything that I am and believe in.”
His authorized group has said the sexual encounter was consensual and {that a} confidentiality settlement prevents each his group and Ms Mayorga from speaking about it.
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Ronaldo, 38, who has performed for Real Madrid, Juventus, and Manchester United, now performs for the Saudi Arabian group Al Nassr FC.
He is reported to be on a £177m-a-year deal at Al Nassr – the largest in soccer historical past.
Source: information.sky.com”