Real Madrid soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo is appealing to Florida officials to drop charges against an over-enthusiastic fan who was arrested during a match after rushing the field to embrace him.
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Ronaldo, one of the world's highest-paid athletes handled the incident calmly during a match in Miami in August, even chatting with the 19-year-old fan, and telling security officials to take it easy on him before he was carted away.
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The Portuguese striker is now asking prosecutors to drop charges against Ronald Gjoka, a Canadian student who faces two counts of disorderly conduct and trespassing as a result of the incident in front of 70 000 fans during an International Champions Cup match in Miami between Real Madrid and Chelsea.
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"I was playing at Sun Life Stadium last month when a fan entered the field," Ronaldo wrote in a hand- signed letter sent to the prosecutor.
Cristiano Ronaldo should always expect fans around him being the star quality that he is. He has to just expect more!