Nevada judge dismisses rape case against Cristiano Ronaldo, citing lawyer’s conduct

A Nevada lady has misplaced her bid in a U.S. court docket to drive worldwide soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo to pay thousands and thousands of {dollars} greater than the $375,000 in hush cash she acquired after claiming he raped her in Las Vegas in 2009.

U.S. District Decide Jennifer Dorsey in Las Vegas kicked the case out of court docket on Friday to punish the lady’s lawyer, Leslie Mark Stovall, for “bad-faith conduct” and using “purloined” confidential paperwork that the choose mentioned tainted the case past redemption.

Dorsey mentioned in her 42-page order that dismissing a case outright with no choice to file it once more is a extreme sanction, however mentioned Ronaldo had been harmed by Stovall’s conduct.

“I discover that the procurement and continued use of those paperwork was dangerous religion, and easily disqualifying Stovall is not going to remedy the unfairness to Ronaldo as a result of the misappropriated paperwork and their confidential contents have been woven into the very cloth of [plaintiff Kathryn] Mayorga’s claims,” the ruling mentioned. “Harsh sanctions are merited.”

Stovall didn’t instantly reply Saturday to phone and e mail messages. Textual content messages to affiliate Larissa Drohobyczer weren’t answered. They might attraction the choice to the U.S. ninth Circuit Court docket of Appeals in San Francisco.

Ronaldo’s lawyer in Las Vegas, Peter Christiansen, was touring and was not instantly reachable for remark.

The Related Press usually doesn’t title alleged victims of sexual assault, however Mayorga gave consent by means of her legal professionals to make her title public.