Cristiano Ronaldo Settles Lawsuit With The UK’s Sun Newspaper Over Phoney Story
Cristiano has settled his lawsuit with the Sun Newspaper over a story which was reported in the paper regarding Ronaldo taking his cellphone onto the pitch to send text messages.
Ronaldo’s lawyer, Simon Smith told the High Court in London that the two parties had come to a settlement and their claim was being withdrawn.
The newspaper had reported that ‘Text-mad Ronaldo’ had been fined 8,000 pounds by the club.
The Sun has accepted their reports were wrong and have agreed to pay Ronaldo an undisclosed amount which he will be donating to charity.
Cristiano Ronaldo made a statement via his lawyer to the media regarding the reason why he took legal action against the Sun. saying that he wanted to protect his reputation as a footballer.
He went on to say in his statement that the article gave an impression that he did not take his training seriously, which was inaccurate. “Contrary to the impression the article gave, I take training very seriously and do not want people to think I do not try my best in training,” he said.
The Sun has refused to comment on the matter.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aZ.nJec2Vx5c&refer=ukr
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good!
these English tabloids are disgusting. always creating false stories to sell papers.
os journais sao bosta.. sempre a formar estorias. e bom que o Cristiano nao aceita mentiras, e levou os para o tribunal
I have to agree with Justin (sorry Tom, don’t know what you said) The Sun is very well know for all their lies and false stories. They deserved to be sued and I hope the settlement was a big one.
I agree with Justin too, lets not believe everything we hear. The Sun better get sued for a lot of money
Hey guys,
the Sun is a tabloid that tends to sensationalize things to the Nth degree. We need to take what we read there with a grain of salt. That said, we’ll probably get the latest gossip from them first…..