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Cristiano Ronaldo Removed from EA Sports Website Amid Rape Investigation

EA Sports removed Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo's image from a photo of the FIFA 19 video game cover on its website Friday.

Francesco Porzio of Onefootball posted before and after images of the site on Twitter:

Francesco Porzio

Meanwhile @EA removed #CristianoRonaldo picture from the website. Old and new versions u2b07ufe0f https://t.co/NaeofgDPFY

EA Sports' decision to remove Ronaldo's picture from the website comes on the heels of the reopening of an investigation by the Las Vegas police into an allegation by American woman Kathryn Mayorga that Ronaldo raped her in a hotel room in 2009.