A U.S. judge has recommended that the civil rape case against Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo be dismissed.
The 36-year-old Portuguese was accused of sexually assaulting Kathryn Mayorga in a Las Vegas hotel back in 2009.
Ronaldo has always denied any wrongdoing and prosecutors decided not to open a criminal case back in 2019, saying allegations levelled against him could “not be proven beyond reasonable doubt”.
What has been said?
Magistrate judge Daniel Albregts has been reviewing the case before a separate judge makes a final decision and says leaked communication between Ronaldo and his legal team should not have been used by Mayorga’s attorney, Leslie Mark Stovall.