Pressure ramps up on Ronaldo amid rape investigation

Published on 5 Oct 2018 8:10:38 PM

Just a few days after Cristiano Ronaldo was accused of raping a woman in a Las Vegas hotel in 2009, the football star has been left out of the Portuguese national squad for its upcoming matches in October and November, and Nike has taken the rare step of expressing concern about one of its own athletes. Kathryn Mayorga, an American former model, decided to go public with her allegations as a result of the #MeToo movement, her lawyer says.