A U.S. appeals court ruled in favor of Cristiano Ronaldo, rejecting an appeal by the lawyer for Kathryn Mayorga to reopen a case alleging the soccer player of raping her in 2009.
The case was dismissed in Las Vegas in June 2022 after Mayorga filed in 2018. Her lawyer argued that U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey should not have rejected Mayorga’s attempt to publicly unseal the confidentiality agreement she signed in 2010 to accept payments from Ronaldo.
An appellate court in San Francisco disagreed with Mayorga. It rejected another argument that Dorsey abused her discretion by dismissing the case with prejudice and refusing to let Mayorga refile. The three judges also levied a $335,000 fine against her lawyer, Leslie Mark Stovall.
“The district court clearly recognized the gravity of dismissing the case and accordingly provided a thorough analysis, amply supported by factual findings,” wrote Judge Johnnie Rawlinson in a six-page opinion.
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The case was dismissed in Las Vegas in June 2022 after Mayorga filed in 2018. Her lawyer argued that U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey should not have rejected Mayorga’s attempt to publicly unseal the confidentiality agreement she signed in 2010 to accept payments from Ronaldo.
An appellate court in San Francisco disagreed with Mayorga. It rejected another argument that Dorsey abused her discretion by dismissing the case with prejudice and refusing to let Mayorga refile. The three judges also levied a $335,000 fine against her lawyer, Leslie Mark Stovall.
“The district court clearly recognized the gravity of dismissing the case and accordingly provided a thorough analysis, amply supported by factual findings,” wrote Judge Johnnie Rawlinson in a six-page opinion.
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- 11/25/2023
- by Ava Lombardi
- Uinterview
Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo will not be forced to pay millions of dollars in a civil lawsuit to a Nevada woman who once accused him of rape.
Ronaldo, age 37, is one of the most highly paid and recognizable sports stars in the world. He plays for the English Premier League club Manchester United and has captained the national team of his home country, Portugal.
Mayorga is a former model who said she met Ronaldo at a nightclub in June 2009 and went back with him and other people to his hotel suite. Ronaldo allegedly assaulted her in a bedroom.
Ronaldo has contended the encounter was consensual. The criminal investigation was dropped by Las Vegas police because Mayorga didn’t identify Ronaldo by name and wouldn’t say where the incident took place, police and prosecutors said.
Ronaldo paid Mayorga more than 375,000 as a settlement. However, an agreement on confidentiality was claimed...
Ronaldo, age 37, is one of the most highly paid and recognizable sports stars in the world. He plays for the English Premier League club Manchester United and has captained the national team of his home country, Portugal.
Mayorga is a former model who said she met Ronaldo at a nightclub in June 2009 and went back with him and other people to his hotel suite. Ronaldo allegedly assaulted her in a bedroom.
Ronaldo has contended the encounter was consensual. The criminal investigation was dropped by Las Vegas police because Mayorga didn’t identify Ronaldo by name and wouldn’t say where the incident took place, police and prosecutors said.
Ronaldo paid Mayorga more than 375,000 as a settlement. However, an agreement on confidentiality was claimed...
- 6/11/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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