A woman from U.S. files rape allegations against Cristiano Ronaldo (Der Spiegel)

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According to well known German magazine Der Spiegel, a woman from United States has launched a rape allegation against Juventus and Portugal football star Cristiano Ronaldo.

Kathryn Mayorga, now 34, claimed that Ronaldo raped her in Las Vegas in 2009 and paid her $375,000 as hush money, reports Der Spiegel.

The German magazine goes on to say that Mayorga’s lawyer is currently ‘questioning the validity of that out-of-court settlement in a civil complaint in Nevada’.

The rape accusation was first reported one-and-a-half years ago by Der Spiegal, after receiving the related documents from Football Leaks – football version of WikiLeaks.

Mayorga has now publicly spoken for the first time about her encounter with Ronaldo through Der Spiegel, claiming that the football star raped her anally.

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Mayorga is quoted by Der Spiegal as saying: “By this time, he’s (…) on his knees. He says the 99 percent thing.”

What’s more, Ronaldo reportedly insisted that he was a “good guy” except for the “one percent.”

Ronaldo denied the rape accusations last year, claiming the sex was consensual, but Mayorga’s lawyer exposed a document, which includes Ronaldo’s description of what happened, and Ronaldo was quoted as saying: “She said no and stop several times

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