Court Says Ronaldo Rape Lawsuit in Vegas Should Be Dismissed

Court Says Ronaldo Rape Lawsuit in Vegas Should Be Dismissed
Cristiano Ronaldo looks back during a Champions League Group D soccer match in Madrid, Spain., on Sept. 18, 2019 Bernat Armangue/AP Photo
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LAS VEGAS—A federal magistrate judge in Nevada is siding with Cristiano Ronaldo’s lawyers against a woman who sued for more than the $375,000 in hush money she received in 2010 after saying the international soccer star raped her in Las Vegas.

In a scathing recommendation to the judge hearing the case, Magistrate Judge Daniel Albregts on Wednesday blamed Kathryn Mayorga’s attorney, Leslie Mark Stovall, for basing the case on leaked and stolen documents that Albregts said were privileged communications between Ronaldo and his lawyers.