LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted that he paid the woman who accused him of raping her in a Las Vegas hotel room as part of a confidentiality agreement, according to new court documents.
The documents show Ronaldo paid Kathryn Mayorga $375,000 in 2010 and that both Ronaldo and Mayorga denied "the allegations of the other, but nevertheless agreed to resolve their dispute absent litigation."
Ronaldo has repeatedly denied the allegations. This is the first time that the soccer star has admitted on record to paying Mayorga.
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