Lawyers are investigating three more claims against Cristiano Ronaldo, after a model accused the soccer star of raping her in a hotel room in 2009.
One woman claims she was raped after a party, a second says she was “hurt by Ronaldo” and another says she signed a non-disclosure agreement with the footballer in 2009, although the nature of her allegation is not clear, says the lawyer.
The attorney representing former model Kathryn Mayorga, who made the first accusation against the Portugal captain, said he is probing the claims after one of the women phoned him.
“I have had a call from a woman who claims to have had a similar experience,” Leslie Stovall told The Sun. “I am following up to verify this information.”
Mr Stovall would not name the American woman, but said he would hand her details to Las Vegas police who have reopened the 2009 case of alleged rape brought by Mayorga.
Juventus star Ronaldo, 33, who previously played for Manchester United and Real Madrid, has vehemently denied all allegations of rape and sexual assault.
He last week described Mayorga’s accusation as “fake news’, adding in a tweet: “Rape is an abominable crime that goes against everything that I am and believe in.”
I firmly deny the accusations being issued against me. Rape is an abominable crime that goes against everything that I am and believe in. Keen as I may be to clear my name, I refuse to feed the media spectacle created by people seeking to promote themselves at my expense.
— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) October 3, 2018
The allegations threaten Ronaldo’s lucrative sponsorship deals.
Nike, with whom he has a reported $1 billion lifetime deal, last week said it was “deeply concerned”.
The sportswear giant’s shares fell when the rape allegations went public.
Mayorga, 34, met Ron in a nightclub in June 2009. She claims he invited her to his penthouse suite at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and raped her.
She reported the attack to police, but the investigation was abandoned and Ms Mayorga claims she reached a $375,000 settlement with Ronaldo in 2010 in exchange for her silence.