A jury has found Irish fighter Conor McGregor assaulted a woman in a south Dublin hotel in December 2018 and ordered him to pay damages of around €250,000.
McGregor faced accusations that he “brutally raped and beat” Nikita Hand, also known as Nikita Ni Laihin.
The fighter, once one of the world's highest-paid sports stars at an estimated $200 million, said in court that Hand's accusations were “full of lies” bordering on “fantasy.”
McGregor arrived at the court with a large group of supporters and family members, including his partner Dee Devlin, mother Margaret McGregor, sister Oife McGregor and boxing coach Philip Sutcliffe, who were seated at the back just a few feet away from Hand. I stood.
The fighter took his seat and could be heard breathing deeply while Devlin and his mother held hands as the verdict was announced.
Hand, 35, a hair colorist who grew up in the same area of Dublin as McGregor, told her court that she brought the case primarily to vindicate a civil claim after the Director of Public Prosecutions decided not to prosecute. the lawyer spoke in court. Criminal proceedings were brought on the basis that there was no reasonable prospect of conviction.
