Accuser's attorneys stymied police in Ronaldo rape case (ESPN)

In emails between Clark County (Nevada) prosecutors and Las Vegas police, detectives expressed frustrations about attorneys for Ronaldo's accuser, Kathryn Mayorga.

"Communicating with the victim is now impossible and her attorney Les Stovall is extremely challenging," Las Vegas detective Jeffrey Guyer said in a March 28 email to prosecutor Jacob Villani.

The district attorney's office said on July 22 that it was declining to prosecute Mayorga's sexual assault claim because the allegation "cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt."

Mayorga's attorneys did not respond to requests for comment Thursday, and the DA's office told Outside the Lines, "We have no additional comments beyond what was in our statement originally released on July 22."

Prosecutors say the initial police investigation in 2009 was closed after police were stymied by lost evidence and lack of cooperation from the accuser.

"I have repeatedly asked the victim for the above-listed documentation, however she does not have and cannot provide it," Guyer wrote to Villani on March 20.