Police in Las Vegas have asked Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo to provide a DNA sample for their investigation into a woman’s claim that he sexually assaulted her in a hotel room in 2009. The request, which a Las Vegas police spokeswoman said involved a warrant, was made to Italian authorities because Ronaldo currently is playing for Turin-based Juventus.
The Ronaldo investigation was reopened in August at the request of a woman named Kathryn Mayorga, who has filed a lawsuit against the soccer star alleging that he sexually assaulted her and that his legal team coerced her into signing a 2010 nondisclosure agreement in an out-of-court settlement in exchange for $375,000.