Cristiano Ronaldo told to back-off from text-bombing model Rhian Sugden

Rhian Sugden

Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has been warned for sending late-night text messages to model Rhian Sugden (right) by her fiance Oliver Mellor, 36. Ronaldo, 32, met Rhian, 30, when he was with Manchester United in 2009 and the two would bump into each other at clubs thereafter, reported British tabloid, The Sun.

Cristiano Ronaldo

According to Rhian, father of four, Ronaldo would bombard her with messages on Facebook Messenger ever since. "I'm just about to pick my fella up from work and then we are going for drinks. I don't think he'd approve of me talking to you at 11pm," Rhian wrote to him in one of the messages.

Oliver Mellor

Apparently, Ronaldo, who celebrated girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez's 24th birthday recently, backed off after a warning from Rhian's boyfriend. "Ronaldo bombards Rhian with messages. She's mentioned several times that she has a fiance, but he doesn't take notice. In the end, Oliver found out and sent Ronaldo a polite message asking him to back off. Since then Ronaldo has deleted the conversations and Rhian's not heard a peep," a source told the British tabloid.

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