Startling allegations that Cristiano Ronaldo paid alleged victim of rape to stay quiet

Ronaldo's management company Gestifute has denied a rape allegation on behalf of its client Cristiano Ronaldo.

The incident is alleged to have happened shortly after Ronaldo's move to Real Madrid from Old Trafford back in 2009.

German newspaper Der Spiegel on Friday reported that Ronaldo paid a woman who accused him of rape  in a Vegas hotel room.

According to TMZ, Der Spiegel claimed that the Real Madrid star agreed to pay $375,000 to settle the allegation of rape in 2010 to silence the accuser.

In a statement, Gestifute said: “Today, the German newspaper Der Spiegel published a long article regarding an alleged accusation of rape that would have been directed at Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009, i.e. about 8 years ago.

“The article is nothing but a piece of journalistic fiction.

“The alleged victim refuses to come forward and confirm the veracity of the accusation. The newspaper has based their entire narrative on documents which are unsigned and where the parties are not identified, on emails between lawyers whose content does not concern Cristiano Ronaldo and whose authenticity he cannot verify, and on an alleged letter that is said to have been sent to him by the so-called victim, but was never received by Cristiano.

“The accusations reported by the Der Spiegel are false, and Cristiano Ronaldo will do everything in his power to react against these. An accusation of an act of rape is disgusting and outraging, and he will not allow it to hang over his reputation.”

According to Der Spiegel, who claim to know the identity of the alleged victim, Ronaldo’s lawyer agreed the $375,000 settlement in January 2010 and in return “The woman would keep her silence regarding events which happened on June 12, 2009, in a luxury hotel in Las Vegas.”