Ex-model who accused Cristiano Ronaldo of rape demands 8.5 billion KSH

Ex-model Kathryn Mayorga made initial accusations in 2009, yet reportedly accepted $375,000 from the footballer. Ronaldo, who strongly rejected the claims, signed a non-disclosure deal the following year and decided not to prosecute. Mayorga has since declared she was 'mentally unfit' at the time and is now seeking damages in a new civil claim.

According to newly-released court documents, cited by the British Mirror - the woman accusing football icon Cristiano Ronaldo of rape is seeking $78 million, all legal expenses and damages included. A whopping sum believed to be close to two years of Ronaldo’s salary.

Mayorga's legal team demanded an opportunity to interrogate Cristiano Ronaldo over the allegations via Zoom.

Mayorga and her team filed a list of over 60 witnesses they want to testify - with police officers who investigated the original complaint, Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli, Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes, adviser Andy Quinn and British former Big Brother star Jasmine Lennard being on the sheet.

Mayorga, a model-turned-teacher, claims the Portuguese superstar sexually assaulted her in a room at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas in 2009.

Images of then 24-year old Ronaldo and the young woman, who worked at Rain nightclub inside the Palms Casino Resort, had emerged, with the pair dancing at a club hours before the then-Manchester United star's alleged assault on the model.

Mayorga insists she refused all intimate offers made by Ronaldo that evening. Regardless, he pulled her into the bedroom and raped her, as she repeatedly screamed 'No'.

The unproven rape was reported to local police the following day without directly naming the footballer. However, the woman agreed not to prosecute Ronaldo and signed a non-disclosure agreement with his legal team in 2010, reportedly accepting a sum of $375,000.

In 2018, inspired by the #MeToo movement rising, Mayorga gave a bombshell interview after deciding to go public with her accusations against Ronaldo.

Her intent was to prompt Las Vegas Police to reopen the case - but with no new substantial evidence being discovered.

Same year, Mayorga’s legal team stated that in the wake of the alleged attack, she suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and experienced "depression, intrusive thoughts, considered suicide, abused alcohol, had difficulty maintaining personal relationships and employment”

She then filed a civil lawsuit in Las Vegas saying she had been “mentally incapacitated” when she agreed to an out-of-court non-disclosure settlement in 2010, which was signed “under duress.”

Ronaldo never denied having sex with the young woman however the 36-year old five Ballon d'Or awards winner insists that the act had been consensual. Therefor, he has vigorously denied Mayorga’s accusations of rape.

“I firmly deny the accusations being issued against me. Rape is an abominable crime that goes against everything that I am and believe in,” stated the athlete.

During the hearings in 2019, both the footballer’s mother and long-term girlfriend Georgina Rodríguez stood by him.