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Rio de Janeiro: The nightmare launched by a sex scandal involving transvestites is not yet over for Brazilian striker Ronaldo, who is reportedly "very depressed" after girlfriend Maria Beatriz "Bia" Anthony left him.
Brazilian media reported on Wednesday that the Milan forward left Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday and went to a house in the exclusive resort of Angra dos Reis where he was said to be staying in the sole company of his mother, Sonia Nazario.
Columnist Bruno Astuto said in the daily O Dia that Bia Anthony decided to end her relationship with Ronaldo on Monday after the transvestite Andre Albertino - better known as "Andreia Albertine" - accused the striker of not paying for her sexual services and of taking cocaine in the company of three transvestites at a hotel late last Sunday in Rio.
Police commissioner Carlos Alberto Nogueira, in charge of the case, has appeared convinced that Ronaldo was the victim of a robbery and an attempted extortion. Employees of the hourly hotel have confirmed the player's version of events.
Ronaldo, 31, has stressed that he took the "girls" to the hotel without knowing that they were in fact transvestites and that when he found out he gave up.
Some respite
Contracts stay intact
Ronaldo's sponsorship contracts will not be affected by the alleged incident involving the AC Milan player and three transvestites, his spokesman said on Wednesday.
"The recent events which involved Ronaldo are personal and do not put at risk any of the forward's publicity contracts with his sponsors, nor give them grounds to cancel the contracts," said a statement on www.ronaldo.com
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