Hugo Aveiro, brother to football star, Cristiano Ronaldo, has spoken on the rape allegation made against the Juventus star.
The allegation is coming from Kathryn Mayorga, an American model, who accused Ronaldo of raping her in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2009. The claims have however being denied by Ronaldo who labeled them ‘Fake News’.
Reacting to the allegation by Mayorga, his elder brother, 43-year old Hugo Aveiro, who runs the CR7 Museum, rubbished it all.
Aveiro told The Times: ‘My brother is a hero in Madeira. He has a big impact here because he’s done a lot for the island.’
‘Around half a million people come to the [CR7] museum each year. My brother comes back usually for New Year’s Eve because it’s our mother’s birthday, there are lots of fireworks, although this year he might be here or Dubai.
‘People here are defensive of him because everyone knows him. The local news is only saying good things and the people will stand behind him. He is an icon of Madeira.’
