Cristiano Ronaldo has said that the rape allegations against him are affecting his personal life. Ronaldo has continued to deny any wrongdoing after Kathryn Mayorga accused him of rape in Las Vegas in June 2009.
The Juventus star has previously labelled the allegations as “fake news” and says that sex was consensual.
In an interview with France Football magazine to be published on Tuesday, Ronaldo has again denied the claims against him.
The 33-year-old also said that the allegations were having an impact on his family life.
He said: “Of course this story is interfering in my life.
“I have a partner, four children, an ageing mother, sisters, a brother, a family I’m very close to.”
Since the allegations were brought to the Las Vegas Police Department, Ms Mayorga has quit her job as a teacher and gone into hiding.
She told German newspaper Der Spiegel that she has suffered clinical depression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder following the alleged rape.
Legal papers seen by The Sun state: “Cristiano Ronaldo pulled the plaintiff into a bedroom and on to a bed and attempted to engage in sexual intercourse.”
It adds: “When Cristiano Ronaldo completed the sexual assault, he allowed her to leave the bedroom stating he was sorry, he was usually a gentleman.”
Ronaldo reportedly previously agreed to pay Ms Mayorga £287,000 to stop her pursuing criminal charges — which could have seen him jailed for life — and gagged her from going public.
But her lawyers are now trying to overturn that settlement and she has spoken out for the first time.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Kathryn Mayorga dancing
During a press conference in Las Vegas, her attorney Leslie Stovall said that she had “considered suicide” and suffered emotional and mental damage, which he attributed to the alleged rape.
He also revealed the model had a learning disability during high school but had worked hard to overcome it and had gone to university to obtain a degree.
She says she signed only because she was “terrified of retaliation” from Ronaldo and of “being publicly humiliated”, court papers claim.
She told Der Spiegel she was now coming forward after seeing sex abuse victims tell their stories as part of the #MeToo movement.