US Court Upholds Ronaldo's Appeal in 2010 Hush-Money Settlement Case

Kathryn Mayorga's lawyer fined $335,000 and case dismissed with prejudice, preventing a refiling of the lawsuit.

Cristiano Ronaldo's appeal in the 2010 hush-money settlement case has been upheld by a US Court of Appeals, rejecting Kathryn Mayorga's lawyer's request to reopen the civil lawsuit she filed in 2018.
Mayorga's lawyer, Leslie Mark Stovall, was fined $335,000 by the court, which also dismissed the case with prejudice, preventing Mayorga from refiling the case.
Stovall argued that Ronaldo or his associates violated the confidentiality agreement before it was published by German news outlet, Der Spiegel, in 2017.
Las Vegas police reopened a rape investigation after Mayorga's lawsuit was filed, but Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson decided in 2019 not to pursue criminal charges due to insufficient evidence and the passage of time.
Ronaldo, who now plays for the Saudi Arabian professional team Al Nassr, maintains that the sex was consensual and the confidentiality agreement reached in 2010 was valid.