US judge dismisses rape allegation lawsuit against Cristiano Ronaldo

US judge dismisses rape allegation lawsuit against Cristiano Ronaldo
Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo (Gareth Fuller/PA)

A Nevada woman has lost her US court bid to force football star Cristiano Ronaldo to pay her millions of dollars more than the 375,000 dollars (£302,000) in hush money she received after alleging that he raped her in Las Vegas in 2009.

A judge in Las Vegas kicked the case out of court late on Friday to punish the woman’s lawyer over bad-faith conduct and the use of stolen confidential documents.

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