CRISTIANO RONALDO'S DNA SOUGHT BY LAS VEGAS POLICE INVESTIGATING RAPE CASE
Las Vegas police investigating a rape
allegation against Cristiano Ronaldo have sent a warrant to authorities in
Italy requesting a sample of the Portuguese football superstar's DNA, a police
spokeswoman said Thursday.
"The LVMPD is taking the same steps in
this case as in any other sexual assault to facilitate the collection of DNA
evidence," Officer Laura Meltzer said. "We can confirm that an
official request has been submitted to Italian authorities."
The Wall Street Journal reported police sent the warrant to a
court in Italy, where Ronaldo plays for famed club Juventus.
The Journal reported investigators want to
see whether Ronaldo's DNA matches DNA found on Kathryn Mayorga's dress.
Mayorga has said in a lawsuit that Ronaldo raped her in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2009 while
she repeatedly screamed no. After Mayorga filed suit, police reopened a
criminal investigation into the case, which includes results of a medical exam.
"Mr. Ronaldo has always maintained, as
he does today, that what occurred in Las Vegas in 2009 was consensual in
nature, so it is not surprising that DNA would be present, nor that the police
would make this very standard request as part of their investigation,"
Ronaldo's attorney Peter S. Christiansen said Thursday.


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