Cristiano Ronaldo’s lawyer says rape allegation documents fabricated but Der Spiegel stands by reporting
German weekly magazine says it has ‘no reason to believe these documents are not authentic’ after Juventus star’s new Las Vegas lawyer goes on the attack
The German weekly magazine that first published the rape allegation against Cristiano Ronaldo says it has “hundreds of documents” that substantiate its report and there is no reason to believe they are not authentic.
Ronaldo’s new Las Vegas criminal defence lawyer went on the attack on Wednesday, saying documents cited in media reports about a rape claim against the Juventus star were “complete fabrications” and the encounter was consensual.
Der Spiegel magazine says “we have no reason to believe that those documents are not authentic”, adding “we have meticulously fact-checked our information and had it legally reviewed”.
In a statement, lawyer Peter S. Christiansen blamed reports about the 2009 encounter on electronic data leaks of documents that he said were stolen by a hacker from law firms and other entities in Europe and then put up for sale.
Ronaldo “is accustomed to being the subject of press attention that goes along with being famous”, Christiansen said.
