Police in Las Vegas have reopened a sexual assault investigation from 2009 at the request of a woman who has alleged she was raped by Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/p>\n
Kathryn Mayorga says she was attacked by the Portuguese footballer in a hotel room in the US city that year.<\/p>\n
Juventus forward Ronaldo, 33, has dismissed the claim, first reported in Germany’s Der Spiegel, as “fake news”.<\/p>\n
His representatives said he would take legal action against the magazine.<\/p>\n
Der Spiegel said Ms Mayorga, 34, filed a report with Las Vegas police shortly after the alleged incident.<\/p>\n
In 2010, she reportedly reached an out-of-court settlement with Ronaldo involving a $375,000 (\u00a3288,000) payment for agreeing never to go public with the allegations.<\/p>\n
Her lawyers are now seeking to declare the non-disclosure agreement void.<\/p>\n
Las Vegas police confirmed they had investigated a complaint in June 2009, but added they had no suspect in the case.<\/p>\n
“At the time the report was taken, the victim did not provide detectives with the location of the incident or suspect description,” a statement said.<\/p>\n
“As of September 2018, the case has been reopened and our detectives are following up on information being provided,” it added.<\/p>\n
Ronaldo joined Italy’s Juventus from Real Madrid for \u00a399.2m ($128m) earlier this year.<\/p>\n
The Portuguese international is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.<\/p>\n
Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"