Juventus shares drop after Ronaldo rape allegation
[ad_1] Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Video footage which claims to show Cristiano Ronaldo and Kathryn Mayorga together in Las Vegas in 2009 Italian football club Juventus' shares dropped sharply on Friday, after criticism of their handling of a rape allegation made against summer signing Cristiano Ronaldo. He strongly denies the allegation which emerged in German media this week. The club's share prices had hit record levels after Ronaldo joined in July. But they have dipped since the allegation emerged against him on Tuesday - losing almost 10% of their value on Friday alone. The club's social media accounts have been criticised for tweets they posted on Thursday. In them they said the alleged events "dating back to almost 10 years ago" do not change their opinion of the player, who they described as a "great champion". Skip Twitter post 2 by @juventusfcen ...