LONDON — Blended martial arts fighter Conor McGregor on Thursday misplaced his authorized attraction towards a civil courtroom’s discovering that he sexually assaulted a lady at a Dublin resort.
In November, a jury on the Excessive Court docket in Dublin discovered McGregor responsible for assaulting Nikita Hand, who says he “brutally raped and battered” her in a resort penthouse in 2018. He was ordered to pay Hand nearly 250,000 euros ($285,000), in addition to about 1.3 million euros ($1.5 million) in authorized prices.
Hand, 35, efficiently sued McGregor in civil courtroom after prosecutors declined to deliver prices, saying there was inadequate proof and a conviction was unlikely.
The Related Press usually doesn’t title alleged victims of sexual violence until they arrive ahead publicly, as Hand has achieved.
McGregor alleged that Hand fabricated the allegations after the 2 had consensual intercourse. He launched an attraction, however at a listening to earlier this month his lawyer unexpectedly withdrew a request to introduce new proof.
Three appeals courtroom judges in Dublin on Thursday dismissed the attraction “in its entirety.”
Hand was in courtroom for the ruling, however McGregor was not.
The 37-year-old fighter, as soon as the face of the Final Combating Championship however now previous his prime within the ring, has change into identified for anti-immigration statements and criticism of Irish politicians. He has flirted with the concept of working for president of Eire.
U.S. President Donald Trump, a UFC fan, invited McGregor to the White Home to mark St. Patrick’s Day in March.
McGregor additionally faces a lawsuit in Florida for allegedly sexually assaulting a lady within the rest room of the Kaseya Middle, dwelling enviornment of the Miami Warmth, throughout a 2023 NBA finals recreation with the Denver Nuggets.
