Superstar footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is to visit the White House on Thursday, a US official has confirmed - the same day as the leader of Saudi Arabia where the Portuguese currently plays the game.
The footballer is not believed to have been to the US since 2016, when he visited Las Vegas.
In the interim he has faced an allegation of sexual assault. Kathryn Mayorga alleged that Ronaldo raped her in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2009, which he denied.
"I firmly deny the accusations being issued against me. Rape is an abominable crime that goes against everything that I am and believe in," he said in a statement in 2018.
In 2019, US prosecutors said Ronaldo would not face charges because the claims could not be proven.
