For many young men in the world (and some women), Cristiano Ronaldo is basically a god. Even in Pakistan, people cannot get enough of the living legend.
Just recently the footballer wow-ed Muslims all over the world by just saying ‘Assalamulaikum,‘ on Instagram Live.
However, in more recent news, the idol is being accused by a 34-year-old of rape.
Kathryn Mayorga, says she was raped by Ronaldo in a $1,000 a night penthouse in Las Vegas back in 2009. At the time, Ronaldo and his team had denied the rape claim charges. However, since then, the case has been reopened since the accuser stepped forward.
It was also reported that Ronaldo’s lawyers paid Mayogra $375,000 for her silence. However, because of the #MeToo platform, she felt confident enough to take her story to the public.
And though we have yet to uncover the truth, Ronaldo’s fans on Twitter are defending the player and are in turn, calling Kathryn a ‘Golddigger.’
And it is absolutely disgusting.
either ronaldo raped her or not, how tf you dare to talk about women and rape like that?? y'll are disgusting 😷 pic.twitter.com/gfUkK7sqff
— Krisztina 🦄 (@xtinap1) October 2, 2018
His fans are staking the claim of his innocence with reasons such as ‘he’s too rich to need to rape her.’ ‘He’s Ronaldo, he doesn’t need to rape people,’ or even, ‘She should feel lucky that he raped her.’
The woman is just looking to extort money from Ronaldo…why would she accept the first settlement of 370K if she wanted true justice? then wait 9 years??
— Cindy (@Cindyjay54) October 2, 2018
So she got paid 350,000 spent it all now she wants to be heard ???? Why did intake the money in the first place ??
— Tim (@Tim_Gadama) October 3, 2018
Lol. There is no proof. People often do this to get fame by defaming celebrities
— Bàlor Club (@BlorClub2) September 29, 2018
— soufi mhadi (@SoufiMhadi) September 30, 2018
Where is the proof that he admitted it ?! Nothing is official here . Do you believe everything that is printed on some stupid papers ?
— AD (@ad_being) September 30, 2018
However, many others are disgusted by the allegations.
I just read the whole report on the rape accusation of #Ronaldo and I feel sick to my stomach 😭
— Husn Hai Suhana (@Fatmounh) October 2, 2018
Always thought something was off with him this is why never liked him or worshipped him like many United fans do even when he was scoring goals every game for United. Fuck him. https://t.co/pocQGbQxIp
— Vicky. (@VickzTiwana) October 1, 2018
No memes. Ronaldo is in big trouble if she takes this to trial. Only limited media coverage so far, if European media picks this up than it will get the coverage and everything else.
— Vicky. (@VickzTiwana) October 2, 2018
why did ronaldo pay her if he was innocent? if you read the article completely,you'd know that she was so traumatized that she couldn't even think clearly and his lawyers were literally threatening her not to talk about it ever,ofc she wanted to end it… but she couldn't move on
— Krisztina 🦄 (@xtinap1) October 2, 2018
I found it hilarious that Ronaldo said that the alleged rape was ‘fake news’ but this is is what he said in a deposition about that said rape 🙃🙃🙃 pic.twitter.com/0fyGlotdDB
— Alvin Klongsmore (@TheKlong) October 1, 2018
Watch Ronaldo dodge all the backlash and continue living his best life.
— Mahnoor Kakarzai (@Mahnooor_) October 2, 2018
As we said, the truth has yet to be uncovered by the authorities but suffice to say, the fact that Ronaldo’s fans are defending him despite all the concrete claims is pretty despicable. Especially after the fact that a testimony was released revealing that Ronaldo had in fact admitted to having sex with Kathryn, even when she said no.
Have you heard the news yet? What do you think of the reactions of Ronaldo’s fans? Let us know in the comments below! Love you.
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