Brazilian football star Ronaldo has been caught up in a sex scandal with three cross-dressing prostitutes.
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When they all booked into a motel, Ronaldo discovered that the prostitutes were in fact men.
According to Rio police, he alleges that the transvestites then tried to extort money from him.
Local press reports quoted one of the prostitutes, Andreia Albertine - otherwise known as Andre Luiz Ribeiro Albertino - as saying that Ronaldo had threatened to hit him, on discovering that he was a transvestite.
'Extortion'
Ronaldo "reported that Andreia had taken his car documents and demanded $30,000 [Ј15,000]", said Rio police superintendent Carlos Augusto Nogueira.
He added: "Ronaldo admits the facts. He said he just wanted to amuse himself, that's not a crime. To pay to have sexual relations isn't illegal.
"There's a strong chance that Ronaldo has been the victim of extortion."
When the footballer refused to pay the prostitute, the latter claimed that Ronaldo had taken drugs, and had threatened to hurt the three transvestites.
Under Brazilian law, while pimping sex workers and running establishments where sex is sold are illegal, prostitution itself is not.
YouTube video
In a statement Ronaldo is reported to have denied ever using drugs, and reiterated that he was a victim of extortion.
A video clip was posted on the website YouTube in which Ronaldo is seen posing in a football shirt with the transvestites around him.
The three-time Fifa world footballer of the year told police he was having some psychological problems linked to his injury.
(BBC)
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