This archive report was first published on 6 July 2019.
Portuguese police have interviewed Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo as a witness in the investigation into the hacker behind the Football Leaks revelations.
According to local media, Ronaldo was heard as a 'witness and victim' in 'complete discretion' by the judicial police while in the country playing for Portugal in the League of Nations finals.
The financial revelations caused Ronaldo problems with the Spanish tax authorities. Pinto's leaks also revealed accusations of the rape, which he denies, of the American Kathryn Mayorga.
Portuguese hacker Rui Pinto was extradited from Hungary in March and arrested on his return to Portugal. His lawyers have argued that Pinto is a 'very important European whistleblower' and said this week that his continued pre-trial detention amounted to organised 'judicial harassment'.
Published on July 6, 2019
