Cristiano Ronaldo: US judge dismisses $25m lawsuit over rape allegations
by Associated Press in Las Vegas from World news | The Guardian on (#608K0)
A US district judge in Las Vegas said the victim's lawyer acted in bad faith' for use of leaked and stolen confidential documents
A Nevada woman has lost her bid in a US court to force the Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo to pay millions of dollars more than $375,000 in hush money she received after claiming he raped her in Las Vegas in 2009.
A US district judge in Las Vegas, Jennifer Dorsey, kicked the case out of court on Friday to punish the woman's attorney, Leslie Mark Stovall, for bad-faith conduct" and the use of leaked and stolen documents detailing discussions between Ronaldo and his lawyers.
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