Lawyers representing soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo are set to return to court docket right this moment in a authorized battle over the hush cash he paid in 2010 to a girl who accused him of raping her.

The participant had paid Kathryn Mayorga – who has waived her proper to anonymity – $375,000 (£275,000) in hush cash.

She had alleged he raped her in a Las Vegas resort room in June 2009 – which he vehemently denied.

A lawsuit seeking a further payout was dismissed in June last year by US District Judge Jennifer Dorsey over bad-faith conduct and the usage of stolen confidential paperwork.

But on Wednesday, a US appeals court docket will hear from legal professionals attempting to revive Ms Mayorga’s bid to drive Ronaldo to pay thousands and thousands extra.

Her authorized group is asking the ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the dismissal of the case and reopen the civil lawsuit she first filed in Nevada in 2018.

They will argue the federal court docket choose in Nevada erred in repeatedly rejecting Ms Mayorga’s makes an attempt to unseal and embrace as proof the confidentiality settlement she signed in 2010 in accepting funds from Ronaldo.

In an announcement launched in October 2018, Ronaldo stated: “I firmly deny the accusations being issued against me. Rape is an abominable crime that goes against everything that I am and believe in.”

His authorized group has acknowledged the sexual encounter was consensual and {that a} confidentiality settlement prevents each his group and Ms Mayorga from speaking about it.

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Ronaldo, 38, who has performed for Real Madrid, Juventus, and Manchester United, now plays for the Saudi Arabian team Al Nassr FC.

He is reported to be on a £177m-a-year deal at Al Nassr – the most important in soccer historical past.