Not seen a thread in this, but CR7 has been accused of raping an American woman in Las Vegas in summer 2009. And reaching a settlement..
All I can say is, :(:eek:
If true, his career and his freedom need to end, and soon.
ETA: This is the same woman he was photographed with in 2009, whom many have often thought of as Cristiano Jnr mother. Over the years, except for denying surrogacy, CR7 has maintained a silence on the issue, this might explain why.
Der Spiegel’s a pretty reliable source no? And the allegations are very specific. Seems legit to me.
And while we’re at it can we disbar all the lawyers who assist in covering up crimes?
On this drive the Broncos seem to be doing anything they want.
I’m gonna take a wild guess that you meant that to be in a different thread.
I did but it might work here as well.
Let’s give this story time to develop.
Yeah. And there are documents, and contemporaneous accounts which at least place them together at the time and location in question.
She certainly could be his first child’s mother, he has been notoriously mysterious with respect to her identity, this would explain it.
Though the post is strangely accurate accudently. 
Let’s say you’re right, and the kid’s his, from a sexual encounter he had with Ms. Mayorga. And let’s assume he paid her a sum of money back then, to prevent her from coming forward with allegations he committed a crime. Short of a confession from him of a crime in documents to her—as opposed to him admitting they had sex and she was unhappy about the encounter—how do you prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a rape occurred? Are there contemporaneous witnesses who can corroborate her account? Is there other evidence that she did not consent? For example, texts between Ronaldo and Mayorga detailing the encounter, or where she alleges an assault, etc…?
If he paid her at the time to prevent her from going public with her story—and that hasn’t been proven yet, despite the evidence Der Spiegel holds—it still does not necessarily mean that a crime was committed by him.
This is a lot more credible than the accusation against Kavanaugh. That there was a settlement is pretty telling. I wonder if she has some hidden proof?
Am I missing something? She claims he raped her anally.
Since it looks like you, unlike me, actually read the article, Blank Slate, is there evidence for her claim? What supporting material does she have?
It’s hard to believe any lawyer’d be stupid enough to have her client admit to any wrongdoing in a NDA, and with enough specific details that it could constitute a confession in criminal court, but stranger things have happened. Does she have electronic evidence where he admits to the conduct, but is attempting to apologize?
Yes I know. CR7 does something impossible again!
But as far as I could tell they did have regular sex before the violation.
Espn article with important info: Las Vegas police reopen case after Cristiano Ronaldo sued for sexual assault
FTA: “Police said Monday they responded to a sexual assault call on the date Mayorga is alleging in her civil suit but said the victim “did not provide detectives with the location of the incident or suspect description” at the time, though a medical exam was conducted.”
That’s quite a bit of contemporaneous corroboration if true.
No, I don’t think so. It’s a long article and I admit skimming parts of it, but it all took place over the course of one night in Las Vegas.
Her account is credible and there is a lot of corroborating evidence. This is particularly damning:
Thinking about it some more, if a person can casually sodomize an unwilling participant, someone who is saying “no” and “I don’t want to,” then I would bet that person has done it before, and probably since too. This may be a tip of the iceberg moment for Cristiano Ronaldo.
I wonder what happens next. There isn’t a statute of limitations worry because the victim documented the attack with police and a rape kit examination was performed. Will the Vegas cops seek an arrest? Will the jurisdiction where Ronaldo resides be willing to extradite? Does the settlement make it difficult to prosecute? A lot of open questions.
Will this result in Jorge Mendes being exposed? 
Seriously, he has represented half the major footballers on the planet. No way CR7 was the only young footballer who “went too far”.
One of the few times the olden days might have had a better idea…they used to keep coaches watching players at all times even when sociailizing, until the married, the idea was that they were not mature enough.
Was the evidence kit kept by the relevant authorities for all of this time? I mean, there was a police report made near the time of the alleged assault, but was there an official criminal complaint filed that would be sufficient for the police to keep the evidence kit? If they didn’t keep it, does it still exist?
I’m still trying to figure out how a document sent by, IIRC, Ronaldo’s lawyer, to a colleague of said lawyer, and containing communications from the client in the course of seeking legal advice, ever got discovered.
It looks to me like he thought at the time that what he did was no big deal, and so was willing to admit to doing it, but that as time went on and “no means no” started to gain traction, he realized that it could get him in trouble, and so he started denying that it happened at all. He must be having a real panic, now that his older answers are coming to light.
It’s not clear by that article if there is enough for a charge. I very well could have missed some of these points in the two long articles. It seems like there was a rape kit made but we don’t know if they found any DNA. The confession document seems like it was an email questionnaire that’s been through translation and not a recorded interview. That might not even be admissible if it can’t be proven he wrote it. It’s hard to tell which direction publicity might push it. Prosecutors are reluctant to go to a jury if the only admissible evidence is victim testimony but they could be pushed to do so by bad publicity.
Loach, what triggers your jurisdiction hanging onto evidence like a sexual assault evidence kit? Does it retain all evidence for all people contacting a police officer and wishing to file a criminal complaint, even if they don’t follow through with assisting the district attorney in filing charges? Do you guys need an indictment/information to be issued before you start storing evidence?
Or would your jurisdiction still be storing evidence in a case like this one? Because that would seem to require a lot of space and cash.
Off topic, but how does it work for cases like murder? Is the complaint filed in the name of the deceased?
It’s a state by state thing so I can only speak for my state specifically and in generalities. It goes by what the statute of limitations is. For what is commonly referred to as rape there has been no statute of limitations for several decades. So any evidence will be kept forever. Same with murder. We keep some of it, our county keeps some of it. The law doesn’t care about expense or storage room. It has nothing to do with indictment the evidence will be kept for as long as the guidance says and that is by SoL. Minor crimes will be disposed of relatively quick. Murders and rapes will never be disposed of.
As for who the complainant is, in the case of what is usually called a felony the police officer or detective is the complainant. The victim is listed as the victim. That’s if the victim is alive or dead.