After dropping off his girlfriend at her home on Monday, Ronaldo decided to have some fun and picked up three prostitutes. They got a room at the Papillon motel in Rio de Janeiro and an altercation ensued when he realized the three prostitutes he thought were women were actually transvestites. Ronaldo claims that the men tried to extort money from him in exchange for not blabbing to the media about the incident.
Ronaldo went into hiding Tuesday after a run-in with cross-dressing prostitutes that prompted police to investigate whether to charge one with trying to extort money from the soccer star.
The AC Milan player, in Brazil recovering from a knee surgery, canceled two TV appearances, and local media said he will continue physiotherapy at his home.
Police said Ronaldo committed no crime, but he was accused by one prostitute of using drugs and not wanting to pay.
Prostitution is legal in Brazil.
“It is necessary to clarify that no formal accusations were made against Ronaldo,” read a statement on the player’s Web site. “An advocate of social causes, Ronaldo has never used drugs and has always been admired by children in Brazil and around the world. There are indications of an extortion attempt in which the Milan striker is the only victim.”
Soccer star Ronaldo reportedly dropped off his girlfriend at her house in Rio de Janeiro on Monday night, then picked up three prostitutes. It wasn’t until they were all booked into a motel that the 2002 World Cup winner found out that the prostitutes were actually men.
