Cristiano Ronaldo sues The Sun
10 March 2008
Schillings, London solicitors acting for the Manchester United footballer Cristiano Ronaldo have issued libel proceedings at the High Court in London against News Group Newspapers, owners of the Sun newspaper.
The libel claim follows publication of the article “Text-Mad Ronaldo fined £8k, Fergie’s Fury on phone ban. Exclusive” which alleged that the footballer had been fined £8,000 in one day by his manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, for using his mobile phone four times during training.
Simon Smith, Ronaldo’s solicitor in London, instructed by Ronaldo’s Portuguese lawyer Carlos Osório de Castro, said “our client is a professional footballer who takes his training very seriously. The Sun article wrongly accuses him of being unprofessional and he felt he had to take legal action in order to protect his reputation”.
For further enquiries please contact the following lawyer with conduct:
| Carlos Osório de Castro |
| Partner, Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados |
| Tel: +351 22 616 6950 |
| coc@mlgts.pt |