Kathryn Mayorga's lawyer has been ordered to pay Cristiano Ronaldo $334,637.50 (£275k) to reimburse legal fees that the 38-year-old paid while defending himself in a lawsuit after Mayorga accused him of rape.
Mayorga, who waived her right for anonymity, had alleged that Ronaldo raped her in 2009 at a Las Vegas hotel, but Ronaldo denied the allegations. The pair reached a settlement in 2010, however eight years later she filed the civil lawsuit after Football Leaks exposed details of communications between Ronaldo’s lawyers.
The civil lawsuit was dismissed in June of last year when US District Judge Jennifer Dorsey ruled that Mayorga’s lawyer, Leslie Mark Stovall, had relied on the leaked and stolen records from Football Leaks. In turn, Ronaldo's attorney Peter Christiansen requested that Stovall was to be held personally responsible for the $626,000 in attorney’s fees.
