A day after Ronaldo claimed in a TV interview to have worked as an ambassador for UNICEF, the United Nation's children's agency said the Brazilian soccer star has no official link to the organization.
In an interview on Brazil's Globo TV on Sunday, Ronaldo said his incident involving three cross-dressing prostitutes last week will "not interfere" with his post as a UNICEF ambassador.
"Nothing will get in the way of my position as an ambassador," Ronaldo said.
In a statement on its Brazilian website, UNICEF on Monday said Ronaldo "is not and has never been an ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund and has no official link with this agency. The recent mentions to UNICEF's name in the media are a mistake."
Ronaldo's spokesman could not be immediately contacted Monday.
The AC Milan striker and three-time FIFA player of the year, acknowledged to police that he went to a motel with the prostitutes on April 28 but wasn't aware they were cross-dressers until he got there.
At that point, they tried to extort money from him, he said.
The motel's manager claimed that Ronaldo offered the trio money to end the incident but they refused, according to a police witness statement reviewed by the Associated Press.
Police are investigating the alleged extortion attempt, but have said Ronaldo committed no crime. Prostitution is legal in Brazil.
Ronaldo, who is in Brazil recovering from knee surgery, said in the Globo interview "it was an isolated and stupid act."
