![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/cristiano-ronaldo-may-testify-in-new-football-leaks-trial-as-rui-pinto-faces-377-charges/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_FBL-KSA-NASSR-RAED.jpg&description=The alleged hacker will find out later this week if he has been found guilty of 90 other charges in a different trial that has lasted more than two years Cristiano Ronaldo could be called to give evidence in a new case against alleged hacker Rui Pinto after Portuguese authorities charged the man behind Football Leaks with 377 separate offences. The elusive figure with hedgehog hair behind a trove of more than 18 million documents will find out later this week if he has been found guilty of 90 other charges in a different trial that has lasted more than two years. But Pinto, who has claimed that he is a whistleblower deserving of protective status, last week learned that he faces an even greater number of charges. And Ronaldo has been named among a group of more than 100 people who could be called to testify in a case brought by Portugal's Public Ministry. Clubs allegedly affected by Pinto's work included Premier League champions Manchester City and the Spanish giants Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid. The new indictment, dated July 4 and signed by prosecutor Vera Camacho, said that 202 of the 377 charges are for qualified unlawful access, 134 are for violation of correspondence, 23 for aggravated violation of correspondence and 18 are for computer damage. The Public Ministry alleges that Pinto sought 'to gain surreptitious and unauthorised access to the computer systems of various entities' and acted "with the intention of improperly entering the computer systems." Prosecutors allege that Pinto, 34, illegally accessed the email of a lawyer acting on Ronaldo's behalf and gave the German outlet Der Spiegel information about a rape allegation made by a woman in Las Vegas. Ronaldo's legal team said the document published by Der Spiegel was "completely fabricated" in an attempt to defame him and last year a Nevada judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the complainant because the woman's attorney had shown "bad-faith conduct" through the use of "purloined" confident){kind=link}
The alleged hacker will find out later this week if he has been found guilty of 90 other charges in a different trial that has lasted more than two years
Cristiano Ronaldo could be called to give evidence in a new case against alleged hacker Rui Pinto after Portuguese authorities charged the man behind Football Leaks with 377 separate offences.
The elusive figure with hedgehog hair behind a trove of more than 18 million documents will find out later this week if he has been found guilty of 90 other charges in a different trial that has lasted more than two years.
But Pinto, who has claimed that he is a whistleblower deserving of protective status, last week learned that he faces an even greater number of charges. And Ronaldo has been named among a group of more than 100 people who could be called to testify in a case brought by Portugal’s Public Ministry.
Clubs allegedly affected by Pinto’s work included Premier League champions Manchester City and the Spanish giants Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid.