<p>Cristiano Ronaldo is facing allegations of rape by a former model who accuses the Portuguese superstar of attacking her in his Las Vegas hotel penthouse suite in 2009.</p>.<p>Ronaldo, who now plays for Juventus in Italy’s Serie A, rejected the charges as “fake news” during a live chat on Instagram.</p>.<p>“What they said today, fake -- fake news,” the 33-year-old star of the Portuguese national team said in a post that was later deleted.</p>.<p>Kathryn Mayorga, 34, of Las Vegas, accused Ronaldo, in a 32-page complaint filed last month with a district court in Nevada, of raping her on June 13, 2009.</p>.<p>Mayorga alleges in the lawsuit that she was pressured into signing a nondisclosure agreement to keep the alleged rape secret and is seeking $200,000 in penalties and damages.</p>.<p>The complaint was first reported by the German magazine Der Spiegel.</p>.<p>In the suit, Mayorga said she met Ronaldo on the evening of June 12, 2009 at the Rain Nightclub in the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.</p>.<p>It said she accepted an invitation to join Ronaldo and others in his penthouse suite to “enjoy the view of the Las Vegas strip.”</p>.<p>In the complaint, the model accuses the Spanish star of raping her against her will after her following her into the bedroom.</p>.<p>“When Cristiano Ronaldo completed the sexual assault of the plaintiff, he allowed her to leave the bedroom stating he was sorry, he was usually a gentleman,” it said.</p>.<p>The lawsuit said Mayorga reported the alleged assault to the Las Vegas police the same day and underwent an examination at a local hospital.</p>.<p>It said the assault had left her with “severe emotional and bodily injuries” and “major depression.”</p>.<p>Under pressure from Ronaldo’s “fixers,” Mayorga settled the case “in exchange for a payment of $375,000 and non-disclosure of the sexual assault,” the lawsuit said.</p>.<p>The unidentified “fixers” were also named as co-defendants in the lawsuit, which accuses the Juventus forward of violating the nondisclosure agreement.</p>
<p>Cristiano Ronaldo is facing allegations of rape by a former model who accuses the Portuguese superstar of attacking her in his Las Vegas hotel penthouse suite in 2009.</p>.<p>Ronaldo, who now plays for Juventus in Italy’s Serie A, rejected the charges as “fake news” during a live chat on Instagram.</p>.<p>“What they said today, fake -- fake news,” the 33-year-old star of the Portuguese national team said in a post that was later deleted.</p>.<p>Kathryn Mayorga, 34, of Las Vegas, accused Ronaldo, in a 32-page complaint filed last month with a district court in Nevada, of raping her on June 13, 2009.</p>.<p>Mayorga alleges in the lawsuit that she was pressured into signing a nondisclosure agreement to keep the alleged rape secret and is seeking $200,000 in penalties and damages.</p>.<p>The complaint was first reported by the German magazine Der Spiegel.</p>.<p>In the suit, Mayorga said she met Ronaldo on the evening of June 12, 2009 at the Rain Nightclub in the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.</p>.<p>It said she accepted an invitation to join Ronaldo and others in his penthouse suite to “enjoy the view of the Las Vegas strip.”</p>.<p>In the complaint, the model accuses the Spanish star of raping her against her will after her following her into the bedroom.</p>.<p>“When Cristiano Ronaldo completed the sexual assault of the plaintiff, he allowed her to leave the bedroom stating he was sorry, he was usually a gentleman,” it said.</p>.<p>The lawsuit said Mayorga reported the alleged assault to the Las Vegas police the same day and underwent an examination at a local hospital.</p>.<p>It said the assault had left her with “severe emotional and bodily injuries” and “major depression.”</p>.<p>Under pressure from Ronaldo’s “fixers,” Mayorga settled the case “in exchange for a payment of $375,000 and non-disclosure of the sexual assault,” the lawsuit said.</p>.<p>The unidentified “fixers” were also named as co-defendants in the lawsuit, which accuses the Juventus forward of violating the nondisclosure agreement.</p>