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Ronaldo<\/strong><\/p>\n A NEVADA woman has lost her bid in a U.S. court to force Cristiano Ronaldo to pay millions of dollars more than the US$375,000 settlement she received after alleging he raped her in Las Vegas in 2009.<\/p>\n U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey in Las Vegas kicked the case out of court on Friday to punish the woman\u2019s attorney, Leslie Mark Stovall, for \u201cbad-faith conduct\u201d and the use of \u201cpurloined\u201d confidential documents that the judge said tainted the case beyond redemption.<\/p>\n Dorsey said in her 42-page order that dismissing a case outright with no option to file it again is a severe sanction, but said Ronaldo had been harmed by Stovall\u2019s conduct.<\/p>\n \u201cI find that the procurement and continued use of these documents was bad faith, and simply disqualifying Stovall will not cure the prejudice to Ronaldo because the misappropriated documents and their confidential contents have been woven into the very fabric of [plaintiff Kathryn] Mayorga\u2019s claims,\u201d the ruling said adding \u201cHarsh sanctions are merited.\u201d<\/p>\n Stovall did not immediately respond Saturday to telephone and email messages. Text messages to associate Larissa Drohobyczer were not answered. They could appeal the decision to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.<\/p>\n In a statement referring to Mayorga only as \u201cplaintiff,\u201d Ronaldo\u2019s attorney in Las Vegas, Peter Christiansen, said Cristiano\u2019s legal team welcomed the decision.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have maintained the action was brought in bad faith,\u201d the statement said. \u201cThe outright dismissal of plaintiff\u2019s case should give all who follow this matter renewed confidence in the judicial process in this country while dissuading those who seek to undermine it.\u201d<\/p>\n The Associated Press<\/em><\/strong> generally does not name people who say they are victims of sexual assault, but Mayorga gave consent through Stovall and Drohobyczer to make her name public.<\/p>\n Dorsey had signaled earlier this year that she was ready to end the case after Stovall failed to meet a procedural deadline in his bid for more than $25 million in damages based on allegations that, Ronaldo or his associates violated a 2010 confidentiality agreement by letting reports about it appear in European publications in 2017.<\/p>\n Ronaldo\u2019s legal team blamed the reports on electronic data leaks of documents hacked from law firms and other entities in Europe and put up for sale. Christiansen alleged also that information was altered or fabricated.<\/p>\n Christiansen and attorney Kendelee Works in Las Vegas successfully fought since the case emerged in 2018 to prevent the pact from disclosure.<\/p>\n Mayorga is a former model and teacher who lives in the Las Vegas area. Her lawsuit said she met Ronaldo at a nightclub and went with him and other people to his hotel suite, where she alleged he assaulted her in a bedroom. She was 25 at the time. He was 24.<\/p>\n Ronaldo\u2019s legal team does not dispute Ronaldo met Mayorga and they had sex in June 2009, but it maintained it was consensual and not rape.<\/p>\n \n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 Ronaldo A NEVADA woman has lost her bid in a U.S. court to force Cristiano Ronaldo to pay millions of dollars more than the US$375,000 settlement she received after alleging he raped her in Las Vegas in 2009. 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