Saudi lawyer, Nouf bin Ahmed, has promised to file a complain against the athlete After Cristiano Ronaldo seemed to hold his genitalia as he left the field on Tuesday.
The incident took place following Tuesday night’s 2-0 loss to Odion Ighalo’s Al-Hilal by Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr.
After his team’s 2-0 victory, Ronaldo’s move was perceived as an insulting gesture towards the fans.
According to the Daily Mail, a video shared on social media appeared to show the 38-year-old holding his crotch as he left the ground in reaction to supporters screaming Lionel Messi’s name.
Ahmed responded by stating that Ronaldo should be made to pay for his “crime of public indecency.”
If a foreigner commits the offence, she claims that they will be arrested and deported.
“It is considered a crime of public dishonour, and it is one of the crimes that entail arrest and deportation if committed by a foreigner,” Ahmed said on Twitter, as she vowed to file a complaint to the Saudi Prosecutor’s Office for his ‘crime of public indecency’.
Ozman Abu Bakr suggested Al-Nassr should cancel Ronaldo’s £175 million-per-year contract after his “immoral and impolite gesture against the spectators,” the article said. Ronaldo has also been under fire from Saudi Arabian media.
Al-Nassr insiders, however, have justified Ronaldo by saying he made the gesture when he “received a blow during the match” to his genitals, according to Marca.
The contentious episode happened after Dinko Jelicic’s team suffered a damaging loss and lost ground in the title chase.
With one game remaining, Al-Nassr in second place is currently three points behind Al-Ittihad in first place, while Al-Shabab in third place is three points behind them with one game remaining.
Online video appears to show him holding his crotch as he raced off the pitch in rage, Ronaldo was surely being taunted by the crowd at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, who kept chanting, “Messi! Messi! Messi!”
The former Manchester United player looked to place his hand in his genital region and pull upwards as he made his way to the tunnel.
In the video, Ronaldo is seen making his way past the media area and trudging off the pitch before grabbing and moving his crotch.
He may be seen grinning at the chanting supporters at the end of the video when he looks up.
He can be seen performing the identical action shortly after crossing the touchline in a second social media video.
Ronaldo gained attention earlier in the match when he put an opponent in a chokehold to bring them to the ground.
