"The Clark County attorney's office announced today [Monday] that it will decline to prosecute a 10-year-old sexual assault allegation against Cristiano Ronaldo," says a statement posted by the office on social networks. “Based upon a review of the information presented at this time, the allegations of sexual assault against Cristiano Ronaldo cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.”

In September of last year, Kathryn Mayorga, born in 1984, lodged a complaint against Ronaldo for a crime that she said was committed in 2009.

The case was reopened after Mayorga submitted new information on the alleged crime, in response to a request from the authorities. In the state of Nevada, sexual offences are not affected by any statute of limitations when they have already been duly reported to the authorities.

Lawyers for Ronaldo always said that whatever happened between the footballer and Mayorga was by mutual agreement.