Lawyer: Ronaldo accuser was mentally 'incompetent' to reach non-disclosure deal
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(4 Oct 2018) Lawyers for a US woman accusing Cristiano Ronaldo of raping her said on Wednesday she had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress and depression, conditions they argue would have made her legally incompetent to reach a non-disclosure agreement. Kathryn Mayorga's attorney, Larissa Drohobyczer, told reporters the psychiatrist's recent medical opinion was that her client's psychological injuries were "caused by Cristiano Ronaldo's sexual assault in 2009". The doctor, Norton Roitman in Las Vegas, did not immediately respond to messages from The Associated Press. Mayorga suffered several months of severe emotional stress and coercion by Ronaldo's representatives to push Mayorga into taking a monetary settlement to keep quiet, her lawyers argued. "These injuries rendered Kathryn incompetent to participate in the negotiations and settlement and nondisclosure in 2010," Drohobyczer said. The argument previews claims the lawyers plan to make when asking a judge to void the non-disclosure agreement that they say Mayorga signed while accepting a 375,000 US dollars payment from Ronaldo. Mayorga didn't appear with her lawyers at the news conference in Las Vegas, which came hours after Ronaldo denied the rape accusations, using Twitter to say he had a "clear conscience" as he awaits results "of any and all investigations." The AP does not typically identify alleged victims of sexual assault, but Drohobyczer and Stovall spoke of Mayorga on Wednesday by name and Drohobyczer told the AP on Tuesday that their client gave consent to have her name made public. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/18da769411435fb35a01836860e4e721
