Cristiano Ronaldo is free from the 2009 rape charges.
On Friday, US District Judge Jennifer Dorsey of Las Vegas dismissed a rape trial accusing the footballer of raping Katherine Mayorga.
Mayorga's attorney, Leslie Mark Stovall, made the decision after acting in bad faith for stealing and leaking documents used in the case.
"There is every indication of bad practice in Stoval's repeated use of stolen privileged documents to prosecute the case," the judge said in the 42-page ruling, which was obtained by the public.
“And because the record shows that he and Mayorga have extensively reviewed these documents and used them to base Mayorga’s claims,” Dorsey continued. "Merely disqualifying Stovall will not remove the prejudice from his abuse."
Meanwhile, Ronaldo's lawyer Peter Christiansen told PEOPLE that his client is "pleased with the federal court's decision to "carefully consider the issues and dismiss the case."
"Since Plaintiffs first filed suit in 2018, we have stated that the action was taken in bad faith," Christiansen said in a statement. "The outright dismissal of the plaintiff's case should give all who follow this case renewed faith in the judicial process in this country, while forbidding those who seek to undermine it.