Las Vegas police Reopen Cristiano Ronaldo rape Allegation

Police in Las Vegas have reopened a sexual assault investigation from 2009 at the request of a woman who alleged she was raped by the Portugal international.



The 34-year old Kathryn Mayorga says she was attacked by Cristiano Ronaldo in a hotel room in the US city in 2009.

The former Real Madrid forward Ronaldo has dismissed the allegation, first reported in Germany's magazine, Der Spiegel, as "fake news".

His lawyer said he would take legal action against the magazine.

The German magazine reported that, Ms Mayorga, 34, filed a report with Las Vegas police immediately after the alleged incident.

She reportedly reached an out-of-court settlement with Ronaldo with a $375,000 payment not to ever go public with the allegations in 2010.

Her lawyers want to declare the non-disclosure agreement void.

Las Vegas police confirmed to have investigated a complaint in June 2009, but said they had no suspect in the case.

"When the report was taken, the victim did not provide detectives with necessary information like the location of the incident or suspect identity,"

"The case has been reopened as of September, 2018 and our detectives are working on information provided,"

Earlier this year, Juventus signed Ronaldo from Real Madrid for £99.2m earlier.

The five-time Balon d’Or is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.