Cristiano Ronaldo denies rape allegations, via his Twitter handle

Cristiano Ronaldo has used social media again to vehemently deny Kathryn Mayorga's allegations that the Portuguese footballer raped her in 2009. “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. My clear conscious will thereby allow me to await with tranquillity the results of any and all investigations,” tweeted the Portugal and Juventus forward.

These tweets come after Ronaldo said the following on an Instagram live video on September 30: "Fake news. They want to promote by my name. It's normal," he said. "They want to be famous to say my name. But if it's part of the job, I'm a happy man and it's all good." The post was subsequently deleted.

German magazine Der Spiegel initially published Mayorga's accusations, stating the lawyer's case is based on a document containing Ronaldo's account of what happened on June 12, 2009. In it, Spiegel reported that the 33-year-old "said 'no' and 'stop' several times."

Lawyers for the Juventus forward responded by saying they would sue Der Spiegel, while Las Vegas police confirmed they had re-opened a case filed on that date but did not identify the victim or the alleged perpetrator.

Inputs by NH Web Desk

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