ចៅក្រម Tosses ចោទប្រកាន់ Cristiano Ronaldo ពីបទរំលោភនៅ Las Vegas

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A federal judge on Friday ច្រានចោល a lawsuit from a Nevada woman who sought millions of dollars from soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, who she said raped her in a Las Vegas hotel suite in 2009–a claim Ronaldo has long denied.

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District Court Judge Jennifer Dorsey noted the case had “devolved into a clash” over documents the plaintiff, Kathryn Mayorga, relied on to make her case, which were stolen records between Ronaldo and his attorneys that were leaked to German news outlet Der Spiegel និងបោះពុម្ពផ្សាយនៅឆ្នាំ ២០១៩

The suit argued the publication of the documents violated a 2010 confidentiality agreement between Ronaldo and Mayorga, which involved a $375,000 hush money payment.

The documents were subject to attorney-client privilege, Dorsey ruled, making them essentially unusable in the case.

Dorsey said Mayorga’s attorney committed “abuses and flagrant circumvention of the proper litigation process” by using the records, dismissing the case with prejudice, meaning Mayorga cannot refile, though the judge’s decision can be appealed.

Mayorga’s attorney, Leslie Mark Stovall, did not immediately return a request for comment from ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes.

Forbes typically does not publish the names of people who claim sexual assault, but Mayorga waived her right to anonymity in the case.

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The lawsuit was filed in October 2018, leading to the reopening of a police investigation into the alleged assault, which threatened to derail Ronaldo’s career. ការហៅ quickly emerged for sponsors to drop the soccer star, who was briefly left បិទ of Portugal’s national team after the suit was filed. The Clark County district attorney decided against pressing charges against Ronaldo in 2019.

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៣៦៥ លានដុល្លារ។ នោះគឺប៉ុន្មាន ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes estimates Ronaldo earned over the past year, making him the world’s third highest-paid athlete.

អានបន្ថែម

Cristiano Ronaldo Left Off Portugal’s National Team After Police Reopen Rape Investigation (Complex)

Ronaldo faces growing heat from sponsors over rape case (សារព័ត៌មានពាក់ព័ន្ធ)

HIGHEST-PAID ATHLETES (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)