Football Leaks/Der Spiegel articles

[dickie davies]

I'm out of the loop but did the Cristiano Ronaldo rape stuff prove to be accurate?

Dunno, but the girl gave an actual interview and described everything that allegedly happened and it was reported last week that US legal people had tracked Ronaldo's home address in Italy down to serve him papers

 

[I'm no cynic but...]

Dunno, but the girl gave an actual interview and described everything that allegedly happened and it was reported last week that US legal people had tracked Ronaldo's home address in Italy down to serve him papers

Allegedly. Lets not forget that Ronaldo with all his money, bling and glamorous lifestyle is always going to be an attraction to hundreds of young women and there will always be a few who seek a payoff that Ronaldo might be reluctant to pay.

 

[DTeacher]

Allegedly. Lets not forget that Ronaldo with all his money, bling and glamorous lifestyle is always going to be an attraction to hundreds of young women and there will always be a few who seek a payoff that Ronaldo might be reluctant to pay.

Fair point, but having read her account recently, she appears to have an extremely strong case.

Time will tell.

 

[dickie davies]

Allegedly. Lets not forget that Ronaldo with all his money, bling and glamorous lifestyle is always going to be an attraction to hundreds of young women and there will always be a few who seek a payoff that Ronaldo might be reluctant to pay.

He's already paid her for a non disclosure agreement.
She found out a few years later that she could still report it to the police and they could still prosecute
You may ask why did she settle in the first place?
In the US, this is nothing unusual for the victim to settle out of court so they don't have to re live the alleged crime in court
Harvey Weinstein is on the verge of agreeing close to $30m in settlements with all the women who alleged they were attacked by him

 

[King KdB of Belgium]

Well so what if UEFA ban us. With our army of lawyers ready and waiting to take them to court which would cost UEFA piles of money which they clearly can't afford for that to happen. My guess is that they will come out with their is nothing there to have us banned from the Champions League, so carry on.

If this went to a court of law, then the UEFA officials could rightly be charged with theft, even though they didn't steal the said documents themselves. It is as they say in most courts that it is the fruit of the poisonous tree. Afterall they have come out and said they have documents that prove we have been cheating the FFP rules. So if this comes to a court law, they cannot come to court and used that evidence to prove it was right to bans us.

 

[Rolee]

. Afterall they have come out and said they have documents that prove we have been cheating the FFP rules

Have they?

 

[ganganvince]

Well so what if UEFA ban us. With our army of lawyers ready and waiting to take them to court which would cost UEFA piles of money which they clearly can't afford for that to happen. My guess is that they will come out with their is nothing there to have us banned from the Champions League, so carry on.

If this went to a court of law, then the UEFA officials could rightly be charged with theft, even though they didn't steal the said documents themselves. It is as they say in most courts that it is the fruit of the poisonous tree. Afterall they have come out and said they have documents that prove we have been cheating the FFP rules. So if this comes to a court law, they cannot come to court and used that evidence to prove it was right to bans us.

But if it went to a law court we would be automatically suspended from all Uefa competitions whilst the case was heard.

 

[nmc]

But if it went to a law court we would be automatically suspended from all Uefa competitions whilst the case was heard.

No we wouldn’t. UEFA can’t ban a club for pursuing a case in the courts - it might be in UEFAs rules but that’s simply not enforceable in practice. A court would suspend a ban pending the hearing. UEFA are so far up their own arse they think they can defy international convention when in fact like the rest of us - they can’t.

 

[KS55]

Allegedly. Lets not forget that Ronaldo with all his money, bling and glamorous lifestyle is always going to be an attraction to hundreds of young women and there will always be a few who seek a payoff that Ronaldo might be reluctant to pay.

I have much the same problem.

 

[Metalartin]

Afterall they have come out and said they have documents that prove we have been cheating the FFP rules. So if this comes to a court law, they cannot come to court and used that evidence to prove it was right to bans us.

They haven't said that, they seem to be leaning towards some kind of deception and City acting "against the spirit of the rules" more and more.
I doubt City would have made any of those strong statements if they were simply going to take it to court and hide behind the fact that the information was obtained illegally, none of the clubs statements suggest that. What they have said from the beginning is what has been made of the information they have obtained is incorrect and they wont be happy if it does go all the way to court if people still come away with the impression they have cheated.

City have come out and said they can prove they have operated within the rules "if we are judged by facts", as in, they have taken things out of context and got the wrong end of the stick and City can prove it with evidence.