A Las Vegas attorney found to have committed misconduct in a case against Cristiano Ronaldo has been temporarily suspended and faces disbarment, court records show.

Leslie Stovall, who has been licensed in Nevada since 1985, was previously ordered to pay Ronaldo’s attorneys over $330,000 in legal fees.

In a civil case, he represented a woman, Kathryn Mayorga, who alleged that the soccer star raped her in Las Vegas in 2009. U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey dismissed the case in 2022, ruling that Stovall “crossed the border of ethical behavior before he filed this action, and his disregard for the rules of this court has continued unabated.”

A magistrate judge had previously recommended the dismissal , finding that Stovall based the case on leaked and stolen documents that were privile

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