GESTIFUTE DENY 'DISGUSTING AND OUTRAGING' RAPE ALLEGATION AGAINST RONALDO

Representatives for Cristiano Ronaldo have labelled
rape
allegations against the Real Madrid star as
"journalistic fiction"
Cristiano Ronaldo's representatives have strenuously
denied claims made in a report by German magazine
Der Spiegel that the Real Madrid star paid a woman to
cover up an allegation of rape.
Gestifute, the sports management company founded
by Ronaldo's agent Jorge Mendes, dismissed the story
as "a piece of journalistic fiction".
In a statement responding to the article, it criticised
"a disgusting and outraging" allegation and said
Ronaldo will "do everything in his power to react
The statement read: "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, about eight
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."
Gestifute's statement added: "The accusations
reported by the De 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."