The lawyers of Kathryn Mayorga who accused Cristiano Ronaldo of raping her have again taken the footballer to court in a bid to receive millions more in hush money.
Mayorga waived her right to anonymity after she alleged that Ronaldo had raped her in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2009. The Portuguese superstar strongly denied the allegations but decided to pay Mayorga £275,000 in hush money.
Ronaldo’s representatives returned to court on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, to continue a legal battle with Mayorga’s lawyers who are attempting to force the Al-Nassr star to pay her millions more.
According to Daily Mail, US District Judge Jennifer Dorsey dismissed their lawsuit to seek a higher payout in June last year, after it was revealed that stolen confidential documents had been used by one of the woman’s lawyers.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has now been asked to overturn the dismissal and reopen the civil lawsuit Mayorga initially filed in Nevada back in 2018.
It is understood that Mayorga’s legal team will claim that their previous attempts to include the confidentiality agreement, which their client signed in 2010 after taking hush payments from Ronaldo, was repeatedly and erroneously rejected by the federal judge.
Ronaldo, who joined Saudi Pro League side Al Nassr from Manchester United has continuously denied the rape allegations.
Ronaldo’s team, who insist that the sexual encounter between him and Mayorga was consensual, claim the confidentiality agreement was signed to prevent either one of them from talking about it.
