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Petronella Ekroth: Cristiano Ronaldo Rape Case Talk 'Forbidden' at Juventus

Petronella Ekroth has said she felt "a bit like I was in prison" during her time at Juventus and revealed players were "forbidden to talk about" Cristiano Ronaldo's rape case.

Ekroth, 29, played for Juventus' women's side last term as they won a Serie A and Coppa Italia double.

The defender has now returned to her native Sweden to play for Djurgardens.

In October of the 2018-19 campaign, just months after Juve had signed Ronaldo from Real Madrid for £99.2 million, Las Vegas police confirmed they had reopened an investigation into Kathryn Mayorga's 2009 accusation that Ronaldo raped her in a hotel room, per the Guardian.