{"id":2928,"date":"2018-10-05T20:36:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T20:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/cristiano-ronaldo-rape-allegation-nike-expresses-deep-concern\/"},"modified":"2018-10-05T20:36:57","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T20:36:57","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-rape-allegation-nike-expresses-deep-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/cristiano-ronaldo-rape-allegation-nike-expresses-deep-concern\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo rape allegation: Nike expresses deep concern"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Cristiano Ronaldo gestures as fans take photos of him, during an event held by Nike. File photo\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/1649B\/production\/_103719219_51c780b2-1f1b-4aaa-abeb-0fc4ec8a1f2c.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Cristiano Ronaldo has a lucrative contract with Nike<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Nike has said it is &#8220;deeply concerned&#8221; by rape allegations against footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/p>\n<p>The US sportswear giant &#8211; which has a contract worth a reported $1bn (\u00a3768m) with Ronaldo &#8211; said it would &#8220;continue to closely monitor the situation&#8221;, the Associated Press reports. <\/p>\n<p>EA Sports, which also has a contract with Ronaldo, made similar comments.  <\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo, 33, earlier &#8220;firmly&#8221; denied assaulting Kathryn Mayorga at a Las Vegas hotel in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Mayorga, a 34-year-old US former teacher, was inspired to speak out by the #MeToo movement, her lawyer said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The MeToo movement and the women who have stood up and disclosed sexual assaults has given Kathryn a lot of courage,&#8221; Leslie Stovall said.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-45736180\" class=\"story-body__link\">Accuser &#8216;got courage from #MeToo&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/45748822\" class=\"story-body__link\">Ronaldo not in Portugal squad to face Scotland &amp; Poland<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">What did Nike and EA Sports say?<\/h2>\n<p>In a statement, Nike said: &#8220;We are deeply concerned by the disturbing allegations and will continue to closely monitor the situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, EA Sports told the AP: &#8220;We have seen the concerning report that details allegations against Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are closely monitoring the situation, as we expect cover athletes and ambassadors to conduct themselves in a manner that is consistent with EA&#8217;s values.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a separate development, Juventus &#8211; the Italian club Ronaldo joined from Real Madrid for \u00a399.2m in July &#8211; came out in defence of its player.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet, Juventus said: &#8220;Cristiano Ronaldo has shown in recent months his great professionalism and dedication, which is appreciated by everyone at Juventus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">How has Ronaldo responded?<\/h2>\n<p>The Portugal international had previously said the allegation, first reported in German magazine Der Spiegel, was &#8220;fake news&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, he issued a statement through his Twitter account:<\/p>\n<p>Der Spiegel said Ms Mayorga had filed a report with Las Vegas police shortly after the alleged incident.<\/p>\n<p>But the next year, she reportedly reached an out-of-court settlement with Ronaldo involving a $375,000 (\u00a3288,000) payment for agreeing never to go public with the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Her lawyers are now seeking to declare the non-disclosure agreement void.<\/p>\n<p>In a lawsuit, Ms Mayorga says she met Ronaldo at the Rain Nightclub in the Palms Hotel and Casino, and that he raped her in his penthouse suite.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Stovall said his client had suffered from major depression and considered suicide since the alleged assault almost a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>He said a psychiatrist had diagnosed Ms Mayorga with post-traumatic stress disorder.<\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas police confirmed on Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-45712777\" class=\"story-body__link\">they had initially investigated a complaint in June 2009,<\/a> but added they had no suspect in the case.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the time the report was taken, the victim did not provide detectives with the location of the incident or suspect description,&#8221; a statement said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As of September 2018, the case has been reopened and our detectives are following up on information being provided,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo&#8217;s lawyers have previously said they will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-45698134\" class=\"story-body__link\">sue Der Spiegel magazine <\/a>over its reporting.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-45753889\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Reuters Image caption Cristiano Ronaldo has a lucrative contract with Nike Nike has said it is &#8220;deeply concerned&#8221; by rape allegations against footballer Cristiano Ronaldo. The US sportswear giant &#8211; which has a contract worth a reported $1bn (\u00a3768m) with Ronaldo &#8211; said it would &#8220;continue to closely monitor the situation&#8221;, the Associated &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}