Brazilian soccer star Ronaldo loses $4.8M deal after hiring "3 prostitutes he believed to be women"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Shamed Ronaldo dumped by sponsor

AC Milan forward Ronaldo has lost a lucrative endorsement deal with mobile phone company TIM in the wake of this week's scandal.



http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,3033_3514164,00.html

Earlier this week Ronaldo hired three prostitutes he believed to be women, and the Brazil international claims one of them tried to extort him when, after discovering they were men, he told them to leave.

The incident, which is still under police investigation, has prompted TIM to cancel a contract worth US $4.8million as the deal included a clause which allowed the company to unilaterally end the deal if Ronaldo was involved in negative publicity.

According to reports in Brazil, Nike are reviewing a lifetime endorsement deal with Ronaldo worth around US $100million.

Ronaldo has remained in Brazil where he is recovering from a knee injury.

[Clear Blue Sky]

1. Too bad he is isn't in the NBA. His endorsement contract would be safe...

[sasquatch]

2. HAHAHAHA!!

:rofl:

[CanonRay]

3. That was one expensive foursome. Shoulda played golf.

[TomInTib]

4. Well, that's one way to rehab a knee, I suppose.

Flexibility, you know.

[coriolis]

5. Shamed? Does that rhyme with Ahmed?

;-)

[Ikonoklast]

6. No. But it rhymes with 'stupid'.

In any language.

:evilgrin:

[SpiralHawk]

7. All he needs to do is register as a republicon and wear diapers

And he would get a Standing O from the Republicon Homelander Senate.