DNA Sample Sought in Cristiano Ronaldo Rape Investigation

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Nevada law enforcement officials investigating a sexual-assault accusation against the soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo have obtained a warrant for a sample of the player’s DNA, according to one of his lawyers, who dismissed it as a “very standard request.”

The officials have sent the warrant to authorities in Italy, according to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the existence of the warrant. Ronaldo, a Portuguese wing and five-time world player of the year, plays in Italy for the powerhouse club Juventus.

Investigators are seeking the DNA sample as part of a recently reopened investigation into accusations by an American woman, Kathryn Mayorga, who says Ronaldo…