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04-30-08, 10:22 PM
Ronaldo, the Brazilian footballer, has been questioned by police over allegations
that he became involved in an altercation with three transvestite prostitutes he had taken back to a motel.
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Brazilian transvestite Andre Luis Ribeiro Albertino holding what
he says are the car documents of AC Milan soccer player Ronaldo
The AC Milan striker, pictured right, left a nightclub in Rio de Janeiro’s affluent Barra da Tijuca
neighbourhood early on Monday with the three prostitutes only to discover they were all men, said
Brazilian police.
The 31-year-old allegedly offered each of them £300 not to tell the media about the incident but
only two of them accepted the offer.
According to the footballer, the third allegedly demanded £15,000 for keeping quiet, at which an
angry confrontation ensued.
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Carlo Augusto Nogueira, a local police inspector, said he believed Ronaldo because the transvestite
left the police station before being fully questioned.
He said: “I have to check both sides of the story, the transvestites’ version and Ronaldo’s.
“Ronaldo said he is not good in the head and that he is going through psychological problems
because of his recent surgery .”
Mr Nogeuira said the footballer had admitted to ordering prostitutes – which is not illegal in Brazil –
but insisted that he believed they were women.
“He admitted to everything, he wanted to have fun. But he committed no crime at all. It was
immoral at best,” the inspector said.
In a statement, Ronaldo said he was a victim of extortion and would take all possible steps to clear
his name.
He is back in Rio, his home town, recovering from a serious knee injury.
Ronaldo was married for four years and has a son named Ronald.
He was briefly engaged to a Brazilian model and MTV television presenter.
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that he became involved in an altercation with three transvestite prostitutes he had taken back to a motel.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00666/ronaldo_tranny_404_666351c.jpg
Brazilian transvestite Andre Luis Ribeiro Albertino holding what
he says are the car documents of AC Milan soccer player Ronaldo
The AC Milan striker, pictured right, left a nightclub in Rio de Janeiro’s affluent Barra da Tijuca
neighbourhood early on Monday with the three prostitutes only to discover they were all men, said
Brazilian police.
The 31-year-old allegedly offered each of them £300 not to tell the media about the incident but
only two of them accepted the offer.
According to the footballer, the third allegedly demanded £15,000 for keeping quiet, at which an
angry confrontation ensued.
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Carlo Augusto Nogueira, a local police inspector, said he believed Ronaldo because the transvestite
left the police station before being fully questioned.
He said: “I have to check both sides of the story, the transvestites’ version and Ronaldo’s.
“Ronaldo said he is not good in the head and that he is going through psychological problems
because of his recent surgery .”
Mr Nogeuira said the footballer had admitted to ordering prostitutes – which is not illegal in Brazil –
but insisted that he believed they were women.
“He admitted to everything, he wanted to have fun. But he committed no crime at all. It was
immoral at best,” the inspector said.
In a statement, Ronaldo said he was a victim of extortion and would take all possible steps to clear
his name.
He is back in Rio, his home town, recovering from a serious knee injury.
Ronaldo was married for four years and has a son named Ronald.
He was briefly engaged to a Brazilian model and MTV television presenter.
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