Cristiano Ronaldo's family launch 'Justice for CR7' campaign over rape allegation

This comes after Kathryn Mayorga, a former model turned teacher accused the sportsman of raping her in a Vegas hotel suite back in 2009.

Ronaldo’s mother Maria Dolores and sister Katia Aveiro both posted pictures of Cristiano in a Superman cape with matching messages on Facebook and Instagram, vowing to seek “justice”.

“I want to see who has the courage to put this photo on their profile for a week and make a chain for him..for Portugal, for him, for us and for the union of our people, for justice. He deserves it,” Dolores writes.

The picture of Ronaldo carried two hashtags in Portuguese. One translates as “#Ronaldo, we are with you to the end’ and the other – #Justicacr7 – as ‘#Justice for CR7.”

His sister’s message reads: “I support Cristiano. This seems like a trap because there are things that don’t make sense.”

A mother going by the username Sandra Isabel Tavares Goes also expressed her support by posting a photo on her Facebook page in response to Dolores’ message. The image shows her kissing a Portuguese football shirt with the number seven on it. “Together we will be stronger and Ronaldo will feel that strength. Yesterday, today and always I will be with you,” she captions the photo.