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Cristiano Ronaldo rape allegation: accuser’s lawyers demand proof that documents are false as Portuguese’s legal team claim

Football superstars legal team earlier claimed the documents were fabricated

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Attorneys for a Nevada woman accusing Cristiano Ronaldo of rape challenged the international soccer star’s legal team on Thursday to prove that documents cited in European media reports about their 2009 encounter in Las Vegas are false.

Anything that proves that documents were altered, fabricated or inaccurate also “should be immediately turned over to the appropriate law enforcement agencies,” attorneys Leslie Stovall and Larissa Drohobyczer said in a statement emailed to media in the US and abroad.

“Disputes regarding the accuracy of documents are generally questions of fact to be decided by the jury,” they said.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Las Vegas attorney, Peter S. Christiansen, has declined to respond to the latest statement from Kathryn Mayorga’s legal team. Photo: AP
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Las Vegas attorney, Peter S. Christiansen, has declined to respond to the latest statement from Kathryn Mayorga’s legal team. Photo: AP
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Ronaldo’s attorney, Peter S. Christiansen, declined to respond.

On Wednesday, Christiansen issued a statement denying wrongdoing by Ronaldo, branding documents that led to media reports about the rape claim “complete fabrications” and asserting that the encounter in a Las Vegas hotel penthouse bedroom was consensual.
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The documents became public because they were stolen by a hacker in Europe and put up for sale, Christiansen said.

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