Cristiano Ronaldo’s lawyers are set to return to court in a relation to the ‘hush money’ he paid to a woman who accused him of raping her in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2009, according to reports.
Kathryn Mayorga, who waived her right to anonymity after she alleged that Ronaldo had raped her in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2009, was paid £275,000 in hush money after the Portuguese player vehemently denied the claims.
Ronaldo’s representatives returned to court on Wednesday to continue a legal battle with the woman’s lawyers, who are attempting to force the Al-Nassr star to pay her millions more.
The appeal argues the federal court judge in Nevada erred in repeatedly rejecting the woman’s attempts to unseal and include as evidence the confidentiality agreement she signed in 2010 in accepting payments from Ronaldo.
A three-judge panel isn’t expected to issue an immediate ruling after it questions attorneys for Ronaldo and his accuser, Kathryn Mayorga, during oral arguments on Wednesday at a special sitting in Las Vegas.
The Associated Press generally does not name people who say they are victims of sexual assault, but Mayorga gave consent through her lawyers, including Leslie Mark Stovall, to make her name public.
