{"id":228019,"date":"2022-08-23T18:44:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T23:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=228019"},"modified":"2022-08-24T13:50:34","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T18:50:34","slug":"ronaldo-palms-rape-claim-heads-to-appeals-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ronaldo-palms-rape-claim-heads-to-appeals-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo Palms Rape Claim Heads to Appeals Court"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Las Vegas woman who claims she was raped by soccer icon Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> at his Palms Casino penthouse in 2009 is appealing a judge\u2019s decision to dismiss the case.<\/p>\n

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Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo, above, has always denied raping Las Vegas woman Kathryn Mayorga at the Palms Casino Penthouse on July 12, 2009. (Image: Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

US District Judge Jennifer Dorsey tossed the civil lawsuit in June. She determined the accuser\u2019s attorney, Leslie Stoval, had based much of his case on privileged conversations between the star and his lawyer, which were inadmissible.<\/p>\n

These documents were allegedly stolen by the hacktivist\u00a0Football Leaks<\/em>website and published in October 2018 by German news magazine Der Spiegel. <\/em><\/p>\n

Dorsey said Stoval had acted in \u201cbad faith\u201d by relying on the documents, which was a \u201cflagrant circumvention of the proper litigation process,\u201d in which conversations between attorneys and their clients must remain confidential.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Appellant Kathryn Mayorga\u2019s legal team is scheduled to submit an opening brief by October 18, according to a filing to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Ronaldo\u2019s answering brief is due a month after that.<\/p>\n

Payoff Accepted<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Mayorga sued Ronaldo in 2018, alleging he raped her at the Palms on the night of July 12, 2009. She reported the alleged assault to Las Vegas Metro Police the next day. But she did not pursue the claim because she \u201cfeared public humiliation and retaliation,\u201d according to the original lawsuit.<\/p>\n

A medical examination showed she was suffering from anal swelling with abrasions and lacerations. Ronaldo denies rape and claims that the relations between them were consensual.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2010, Mayorga accepted a $375,000 payoff from Ronaldo as part of a non-disclosure agreement. In return, she agreed to drop her claims against the footballer.<\/p>\n

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But she resurrected the case in the wake of the emergence of the Football Leaks<\/em> documents. These were transcripts of conversations between an individual purported to be Ronaldo and his lawyer, in which the individual appears to admit that the sex was non-consensual.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The conversations appear to corroborate parts of Mayorga\u2019s account of the alleged incident at the Palms. Ronaldo\u2019s legal team says the documents were stolen by hackers and falsified.<\/p>\n

Battle for Police Files<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In her original lawsuit, Mayorga says she was coerced into signing the NDA at a time when she was mentally incapacitated. She claims she has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression in the intervening years.<\/p>\n

Las Vegas Metro Police also resurrected the case<\/a> in 2018. But it was closed a year later. Investigators said the allegations could \u201cnot be proved beyond reasonable doubt.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/em> is embroiled in legal action with Las Vegas police. It wants them to hand over its investigative files from the case, which it says they are legally obligated to do under the Nevada Public Records Act.<\/p>\n

Mayorga, 36, is seeking $25 million for \u201cpast pain and suffering,\u201d $25 million for \u201cfuture pain and suffering,\u201d and $25 million in punitive damages. That\u2019s just under three years\u2019 salary for the 37-year-old Manchester United player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Las Vegas woman who claims she was raped by soccer icon Cristiano Ronaldo at his Palms Casino penthouse in 2009 is appealing a judge\u2019s decision to dismiss the case. US District Judge Jennifer Dorsey tossed the civil lawsuit in June. 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