Jennifer Dorsey, a US district judge, has thrown out a woman's lawsuit against Cristiano Ronaldo. The woman had said that the Manchester United forward had sexually assaulted her.
Kathryn Mayorga's lawsuit was thrown out because her lawyer got confidential documents that had been "stolen," which "tainted" her case.
Last year, another Las Vegas court also recommended that Mayorga's case be thrown out because of how his lawyer had acted.
"Mayorga loses her chance to pursue this case and try to undo the settlement of claims that involve serious allegations of a very personal nature," the judge wrote in his written decision.
"But because of how deeply and widely the wrongly obtained information has affected her claims and other filings, and probably her memory and understanding of key facts, any other punishment would not be enough.
"Nothing less than a dismissal with prejudice will get rid of the stench that has been around this case since the beginning and keep the integrity of the legal process."