O editor da revista alemã Der Spiegel fez 25 publicações seguidas no Twitter para explicar como fizeram a história da alegada violação de Cristiano Ronaldo e apresentar alguns documentos.
ALESSANDRO DI MARCO/EPA
Kathryn Mayorg, a norte-americana que acusa Cristiano Ronaldo de violação e de dez outros crimes, permaneceu em silêncio durante mais de nove anos, mas o movimento #MeToo contra o assédio e abuso sexual terão dado coragem para falar sobre o que aconteceu num hotel de Las Vegas a 12 de junho de 2009. A situação foi investigada — e denunciada — pela revista alemã Der Spiegel. A 30 de setembro, Christoph Winterbach, editor de desporto na Der Spiegel e membro da equipa de investigação do Footballs Leaks, conta como decorreu o processo e apresenta alguns documentos numa série de 25 publicações no Twitter.
O jornalista lembra que Kathryn Mayorg fez queixa de violação logo em 2009, mas nunca referiu quem teria sido o agressor, alegadamente por recear represálias pelos fãs do futebolista português. Os advogados da vítima terão então optado por um acordo em vez de uma acusação.
“Tínhamos centenas de documentos de fontes diferentes: e-mails, relatórios médicos e da polícia. Juntámos a história”, conta Christoph Winterbach. “Trabalhámos durante semanas nessa história no ano passado, viajámos para Las Vegas, tentámos falar com Mayorga (ela não falou), confrontámos o Ronaldo (ele negou), publicámos três artigos. Depois do primeiro texto, a agência de Cristiano, a Gestifute, publicou uma declaração perturbadora.”
O jornalista rejeita as acusações da Gestifute de que não tinham documentos assinados e de que não podiam implicar o Cristiano Ronaldo, como mostra na publicação do Twitter com imagens dos documentos.
We worked for weeks on that story last year, travelled to Las Vegas, tried to talk to Mayorga (she wouldn't talk), confronted Ronaldo (he denied), published three articles. After the first text, @Cristiano's agency #Gestifute published a troubling statement. 4/24
The statement was not only untruthful (it suggested that we didn't have signed documents and couldn't identify Ronaldo. That was not true, and we proved it), it also suggested that @Cristiano's lawyers didn't abide by the settlement terms. 5/24 pic.twitter.com/5GBuEdf3jQ
A Gestifute terá acusado as notícias da Der Spiegel de serem ficção, mas, diz o jornalista, nunca apresentaram provas das suas alegações. “Não temos razões para achar que não são autênticas. Verificámos meticulosamente antes de publicar. Sempre.”
A equipa da Der Spiegel terá tentado contactar Cristiano Ronaldo depois de Kathryn Mayorga ter começado a falar sobre o assunto e, especialmente, depois de terem na sua posse uma troca de perguntas-respostas entre Cristiano Ronaldo e os advogados. “A senhora C alguma vez levantou a voz, gritou, berrou?”, terão perguntado os advogados. “Ela disse que não e pára várias vezes”, terá respondido Cristiano Ronaldo.
That apparently made Mayorga decide to now talk to us and tell her story - although she signed the non-disclosure settlement. We reached out to Ronaldo, he wouldn't talk. We confronted him with the allegations again, especially with a very sensitive document that quotes him. 9/24
It's a questionnaire made by his lawyers. Ronaldo seems to partly confirm Mayorga's version & stated that "she didn't want to, but she made herself available." In a later version of that questionnaire, these answers are gone. #CR7 is quoted saying it was consensual. 10/24 pic.twitter.com/1gsAcb5vZw
“Ninguém nos disse que era falso. Teria sido melhor para ele e para os advogados terem respondido. Não fizeram”, diz Christoph Winterbach. O jornalista diz que a estratégia tem sido ameaçá-los com processos antes de os textos serem publicados. “Mas deixem-me explicar como é que trabalhamos: temos pessoas que verificam todas as palavras em todos os artigos. Não podemos escrever nada sem fundamentação, porque eles retiram isso do artigo se não conseguires prová-lo. Só aprovam o artigo se conseguirem verificar as nossas fontes. Valorizamos os factos.” Além disso, a equipa editorial é apoiada por uma equipa de advogados que garante que não cometem nenhum erro quando a história tem uma acusação a alguém.
Christoph Winterbach acrescenta que esta história não foi feita de ânimo leve, levou várias semanas e uma equipa de 20 pessoas a trabalhar no assunto. “Sabemos o que estamos a fazer.” Depois, o jornalista lembra que o discurso dos advogados mudou, já não dizem que é mentira, dizem que faz parte da vida privada de Cristiano Ronaldo e que por isso não pode ser publicado. “Se não tivéssemos este direito [de publicar esta história], quando é que seria possível publicar sobre alegações de violação?”
victor guerra
This is a thread about the rape allegations vs. @Cristiano: About our research @derSpiegel, about Ronaldo's reaction and a little insight into why the alleged victim Kathryn Mayorga speaks out about the case nine years later. This is the story btw: http://www.spiegel.de/international/cristiano-ronaldo-kathryn-mayorga-the-woman-who-accuses-ronaldo-of-rape-a-1230634.html … 1/24
- We had hundreds of documents from different sources: e-mails, medical and police reports. we put the story together: In 2009, Mayorga accused Ronaldo of rape. She said she was too afraid to say his name to the police & to go to court b/c she feared harassment by #CR7's fans. 2/24
- Her unexperienced lawyer (specialised on traffic violations) hacked out a deal with high-profile lawyers who usually have Hollywood clients. They settled on $375.000, Mayorga had to be silent and never mention the incident ever again. #CR7 stated that the sex was consensual. 3/24
- We worked for weeks on that story last year, travelled to Las Vegas, tried to talk to Mayorga (she wouldn't talk), confronted Ronaldo (he denied), published three articles. After the first text, @Cristiano's agency #Gestifute published a troubling statement. 4/24
- The statement was not only untruthful (it suggested that we didn't have signed documents and couldn't identify Ronaldo. That was not true, and we proved it), it also suggested that @Cristiano's lawyers didn't abide by the settlement terms. 5/24
- In their statement they said that Ronaldo had never received the letter from Mayorga, which we quoted from. But it was part of the settlement deal: @Cristiano's lawyers had to read her letter to him. If he really didn't know about the letter, they breached the settlement. 6/24
- Fast forward a year and a half: We had the #metoo
movement and Mayorga has a new lawyer who says the settlement is void. He says that she was diagnosed with PTSD and describes the mediation as traumatic. Even CR7's lawyers stated that she was extremely volatile and emotional 8/24 - It's a questionnaire made by his lawyers. Ronaldo seems to partly confirm Mayorga's version & stated that "she didn't want to, but she made herself available." In a later version of that questionnaire, these answers are gone. #CR7 is quoted saying it was consensual. 10/24
- Mayorga's lawyer has now filed a civil complaint that challenges the settlement and Ronaldo's lawyers' strategy towards Mayorga. You can read the full text here: http://www.spiegel.de/media/media-43488.pdf … @Cristiano's lawyer has issued a statement. He is well known to the German press. 12/24
- You can't write anything unsubstantiated, because they will scratch it from the article if you can't prove it. They only approve the article if they were able to verify your sources. We value facts. That's an integral part of @DerSpiegel. 14/24
- Ronaldo's lawyer now still says that our publication was "illegal" because "it violates the personal rights" of @Cristiano. Pay attention! He doesn't call it "a piece of journalistic fiction", he doesn't call it fake. He just says it's too personal to become public. 17/24
- I think it was a really weak reaction, because so far there are no grounds for @Cristiano's side to call anything fake. What's also weak is the reactions of some of his fans here on Twitter. I'm not going to comment much about them, but they truly, honestly shock me. 21/24
- I would advise that people interested in our story go read it first @spiegelonline (http://www.spiegel.de/international/cristiano-ronaldo-kathryn-mayorga-the-woman-who-accuses-ronaldo-of-rape-a-1230634.html …) before making up their minds about it. I would also recommend to not insult us or Kathryn Mayorga because you don't want to read anything negative about #CR7. 23/24
- We first broke the story last year, when she refused to talk to us. As I explain, we had the first information from a huge leak provided by #FootballLeaks.
- 2 yanıt daha
