Cristiano Ronaldo's lawyer has said he will look to sue German magazine Der Spiegel after it published accusations from an American woman who says the footballer raped her in 2009.
Reuters confirmed on Friday that a statement from Ronaldo's legal representative, Christian Schertz, had been sent to them in which he branded the accusations made by Kathryn Mayorga as "blatantly illegal."
Schertz said the report in Der Spiegel is "an inadmissible reporting of suspicions in the area of privacy" and that he would be taking action against the publication on behalf of the 33-year-old Juventus forward.
Ronaldo's lawyer said they would seek compensation in respect of "moral damages in an amount corresponding to the gravity of the infringement, which is probably one of the most serious violations of personal rights in recent years."
whykallar
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We all know Germans for discrimination, if they can do it to Ozil, who else they can't do it to? great step Ronaldo and let them pay 5 times the money they said you pay to the lady.
ORUVAL2
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It has come to my notice that no German anything has openly supported Ronaldo against any other rival or anything else... well, it is understood because he has caused a lot of havoc for the German team... eliminating them on crucial stages for any external assignments... I am not surprised at all...
dwaynpaul07
120
That's a load of bull if it happened 9 years ago why are these women coming out now if it happened years ago they r a bunch of liars who r just digging for gold from successful men who work so hard to build their reputation
Barca_West
100
Imagine what some of this magazine will do to sell their news CR should probably sue and get to the root of it to make sure they pay
sasbkmnosu
82
they lost ozil.....now this abhorrent tactics to bring down the legend. performance against the German clubs... no way
Wendy-Alison042
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the issue is that every body now want to be famous and the woman and the magazine publisher has come to a conclusion and understand it that the story can make more famous but I just it could end there evil activities distorting another person image for you to be popular
ShubhamChawla
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Mr Ronaldo, i will advise you to forget about that issue on focus on other things. you have already paid her off, 350k, could be her salary for 6 months or 1 years.
He has never been focussed much on the issue himself as his advisors and his agent always take course for his legal actions ,and for this issue to be cleared off in 2010 he didnt even sign his signature on his own ,as his lawyer did though he had to answer some 250 abrupt questions about the incident to match it all. Seems like the US law firms are as beneficial as they are corrupt. For they can eradicate these cases for money ,but not for long. And yes just wait for the Ronaldo is never a player to lose anywhere.