U.S. judge dismisses Cristiano Ronaldo rape lawsuit in Las Vegas, Sky News reports

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June 11 (Reuters) – A U.S. decide has dismissed the Las Vegas rape lawsuit versus Manchester United and Portugal soccer participant Cristiano Ronaldo, Britain’s Sky News noted on Saturday.

The ruling comes approximately a few yrs just after prosecutors reported Ronaldo would deal with no expenses in Las Vegas in link with a 10-calendar year-aged sexual assault allegation due to the fact the situation are unable to be established further than a realistic question.

Kathryn Mayorga submitted a civil lawsuit in September 2018 in point out court in Nevada accusing Ronaldo of raping her in a Las Vegas lodge penthouse suite in 2009, then shelling out her $375,000 in hush dollars.

Ronaldo, who plays for Premier League club Manchester United, has managed he is harmless.

U.S. District Decide Jennifer Dorsey kicked the circumstance out of courtroom on Friday in excess of the way paperwork were acquired.

The judge said that dismissing a situation outright with no selection to file it yet again is a severe sanction, but that Ronaldo had been harmed by the carry out of the woman’s lawyer, Leslie Mark Stovall.

“I obtain that the procurement and ongoing use of these paperwork was terrible faith,” the decide stated in her ruling.

“Simply just disqualifying Stovall will not get rid of the prejudice to Ronaldo due to the fact the misappropriated paperwork and their confidential contents have been woven into the pretty cloth of (the plaintiff’s) promises.

“Severe sanctions are merited.”

Reuters has contacted Stovall for remark.

Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru, Enhancing by Angus MacSwan

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