Ahead of Juventus’s Champions League match with United, the 33-year-old soccer superstar faced the press for the first time since US police said they would re-investigate claims he raped a model in a Las Vegas hotel room.
BREAKING: Cristiano Ronaldo says he has not allowed accusations against him to interfere with his life. #SSN pic.twitter.com/kCzPW7GZKm
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) October 22, 2018
On Instagram, Ronaldo dismissed the allegations as ‘fake news’. His lawyer says the non-disclosure agreement was ‘by no means a confession of guilt’.
Lawyer for Cristiano Ronaldo Says Allegation of Rape is a Complete Fabrication https://t.co/X6IfJY54b3
— SportsGossip.com (@sportsgossip) October 10, 2018
The rape allegations first surfaced back in late September.
Cristiano #Ronaldo is accused of raping a woman in 2009. This woman, her name is Kathryn #Mayorga, now files a complaint against him https://t.co/hsAIUXEwkg pic.twitter.com/Mu4MHGwZRi
— SportsGossip.com (@sportsgossip) September 28, 2018