Cristiano Ronaldo has spoken out for the first time since a Nevada woman publicly accused him of raping her in 2009.

Kathryn Mayorga told German outlet Der Spiegel that the incident occurred in a Las Vegas hotel room.

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"I firmly deny the accusations being issued against me," the Juventus forward wrote on his Twitter account. "Rape is an abominable crime that goes against everything that I am and believe in.

"Keen as I may be to clear my name, I refuse to feed the media spectacle created by people seeking to promote themselves at my expense."

He added: "My clear conscious will thereby allow me to await with tranquillity (sic) the results of any and all investigations."

Der Spiegel's report claimed that Ronaldo, who'd recently signed for Real Madrid at the time of the alleged incident, previously reached an out-of-court non-disclosure settlement worth $375,000 (£275,000), as reported by Sky News.

According to The Associated Press, Ronaldo posted an Instagram story shortly after a civil lawsuit was filed against him last week by Mayorga, calling the accusations "fake news."

The AP's report also claimed, however, that the lawsuit accuses Ronaldo of not only rape, but hiring a team of so-called "fixers" to "shape the monetary settlement, obstruct a police criminal investigation, and trick Mayorga into taking $375,000 to keep quiet." It accuses the star or his representatives of battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, coercion and fraud, abuse of a vulnerable person, racketeering and civil conspiracy, defamation, abuse of process, breach of contract, and negligence for allowing the leaking of details of the confidential settlement.

The suit asks for general, special, and punitive damages - each reportedly in excess of $50,000 - along with interest, legal fees, and court costs.

Mayorga's attorney, Larissa Drohobyczer, told the AP this week that her client "came to us and we had concerns with what happened in 2009 ... with the police investigation and the circumstances around the settlement and how the negotiations were conducted.

"We don’t believe she had the capacity to enter an agreement at that time due to her emotional state. We asked police to reopen the investigation and they did."

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