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Cristiano Ronaldo pictured enjoying a drink and massage at Las Vegas pool just hours after allegedly raping model at hotel
CRISTIANO Ronaldo was seen relaxing with a drink and a massage at a Las Vegas pool just hours after allegedly raping a model at a hotel.
The footage was filmed by an onlooker at Palms Place in Sin City on 13 June 2009 – the same date Kathryn Mayorga, 34, claims the athlete, 33, sexually assaulted her in the early hours of the morning.
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Ronaldo strongly denies the allegations made by the model-turned teacher calling them "fake news" .
The video shows the £100million Portuguese forward sitting quietly in the water – cooling off during a hot summer day in Nevada.
Later the Juventus goalscorer is seen enjoying a cold beverage with a few of his entourage.
There is no suggestion that the famously teetotal footballer was drinking alcohol in the clip.
He is also shown being given a massage by another man while lying on a sun bed at the pool which is part of the Palms Casino Resort.
Ronaldo reportedly previously agreed to pay Ms Mayorga £287,000 to stop her pursuing criminal charges — which could have seen him jailed for life — and gagged her from going public.
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Legal papers seen by The Sun state: “Cristiano Ronaldo pulled the plaintiff into a bedroom and on to a bed and attempted to engage in sexual intercourse.”
It said the plaintiff refused, tried to cover herself and was screaming: “No, no, no”.
It adds: “When Cristiano Ronaldo completed the sexual assault, he allowed her to leave the bedroom stating he was sorry, he was usually a gentleman.”
After nearly a decade, Mayorga's lawyers are now trying to overturn that settlement and she has spoken out for the first time.
During a press conference in Las Vegas, her attorney Leslie Stovall said that she had "considered suicide" and suffered emotional and mental damage, which he attributed to the alleged rape.
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He also revealed the model had a learning disability during high school but had worked hard to overcome it and had gone to university to obtain a degree.
She says she signed only because she was “terrified of retaliation” from Ronaldo and of “being publicly humiliated”, court papers claim.
Mayorga told Der Spiegel she was now coming forward after seeing sex abuse victims tell their stories as part of the #MeToo movement.
Christiano Ronaldo has strongly denied the rape accusation, saying the crime was ";against everything I believe in".
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“I firmly deny the accusations being issued against me,” Ronaldo said in a statement on Twitter.
“Rape is an abominable crime that goes against everything that I am and believe in.
“Keen as I may be to clear my name, I refuse to feed the media spectacle created by people seeking to promote themselves at my expense."
The Juventus star has also dismissed the claim as "fake news" and said he waits the results of the police inquiry "with tranquillity".
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