Four-time
world-footballer-of-the-year winner and Portugal international footballer Cristiano
Ronaldo has strongly denied a claim that he raped a woman who he then paid
£300,000 to keep quiet.
In a recent publication,
German magazine Der Spiegel, claimed the former Manchester United star was
involved in the incident in 2009, and the woman was allegedly paid a settlement
sum in 2010.
In response,
in a statement from his agent, published yesterday, he calls the article a
‘piece of journalistic fiction’ and describes the claims as ‘outrageous and
disgusting’.
The
allegations, as reported, came from a letter written by the woman (in her 20s
at the time) but Ronaldo denies ever seeing it.
According to
the statement:
‘The German
newspaper Der Spiegel today publishes an extensive report on an
Allegation
of rape alleged to have been made to Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009, ie about 8
years ago.
‘It is a
piece of journalistic fiction. The alleged victim refuses to be identified and
corroborates the story.
‘And the
whole plot is based on unsigned documents and where the parties are identified
by codes, in emails between lawyers who do not concern Cristiano Ronaldo and
whose authenticity he does not know, and in a supposed letter that would have
been sent by the putative victim, but which he never received.
‘The report
by Der Spiegel is false and Cristiano Ronaldo will act against this media by
all means at his fingertips. The imputation of a violation is a disgusting and
outrageous accusation that can not be made clear.’
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