On Friday (14Apr17), editors at German newspaper Der Spiegel published an article alleging the Real Madrid ace sekzually assaulted a woman in his Sin City hotel room and paid her $375,000 (£300,000) to keep quiet about the attack.
The accusations reportedly came from a letter written by the alleged victim, but Ronaldo, 32, is fighting back, insisting there is absolutely no truth to the claims.
“The accusations reported by the Der Spiegel (sic) are false, and Cristiano Ronaldo will do everything in his power to react against these,” reads a statement issued by his representative. “An accusation of an act of rape is disgusting and outraging, and he will not allow it to hang over his reputation.”
“The alleged victim refuses to come forward and confirm the veracity of the accusation,” it continues. “The newspaper has based their entire narrative on documents which are unsigned and where the parties are not identified, on emails between lawyers whose content does not concern Cristiano Ronaldo and whose authenticity he cannot verify, and on an alleged letter that is said to have been sent to him by the so-called victim, but was never received by Cristiano.”
According to TMZ.com, Las Vegas police officers have no record of a sekzual assault allegation against Ronaldo.
The news emerges a month after the Portuguese sportsman was said to be expecting twin boys via a surrogate. He is already a dad to six-year-old Cristiano, Jr., who was also born to an unknown surrogate in San Diego, California.
