Woman accusing Cristiano Ronaldo of rape appeals dismissal of £54million case
A WOMAN who claimed she was raped by footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is appealing a decision to dismiss the case.
Model Kathryn Mayorga is fighting to keep her £54million claim against the Man United star alive.
She alleges she was raped by Ronaldo, 37, in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2009 and accepted £275,000 in a hush-hush agreement at the time.
Ms Mayorga’s legal team reignited the case when they claimed she signed the agreement under duress.
Her case was dismissed in June when a judge slammed her lawyer for relying on leaked documents she passed to cops from the Football Leaks site.
But former teacher Ms Mayorga, 36, has appealed the dismissal decision at the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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The case is set to be first heard by a mediator on Tuesday in a one-hour phone hearing.
Meanwhile, Las Vegas police are petitioning the courts for their investigative files to be handed over to the Press.
Ronaldo has always denied any wrongdoing and maintains his relations with Ms Mayorga were consensual. A criminal probe was opened but in 2019 a District Attorney announced he would not face prosecution.
