Conor McGregor DROPPED by computer game after assault verdict

Former two-weight UFC champion Conor McGregor indispensable wage damages to Nikita Hand aft a tribunal rued helium assaulted her successful a Dublin edifice six years ago

Conor McGregor has been dropped by the producers of the video crippled Hitman pursuing past week's ruling that the UFC prima assaulted a woman.

Nikita Hand, who accused the sportsman of raping her successful a Dublin edifice successful December 2018, won her assertion against him for damages successful a civilian lawsuit astatine the High Court successful the Irish superior past Friday. The full magnitude of damages awarded to Hand by the assemblage was £206,714.31. McGregor plans to entreaty the ruling.

But connected Monday, IO Interactive confirmed they volition nary longer enactment with the Irishman whose dependable was utilized for The Disruptor quality successful the Hitman game. A ngo involving McGregor's quality returned to the crippled earlier this period portion a Disruptor battalion allows imperishable access.

"In airy of the caller tribunal ruling regarding Conor McGregor, IO Interactive has made the determination to cease its collaboration with the athlete, effectual immediately," work a statement. "We instrumentality this substance precise earnestly and cannot disregard its implications. Consequently, we volition statesman removing each contented featuring Mr. McGregor from our storefronts starting today."

McGregor had made nary remark arsenic helium near tribunal but aboriginal took to societal media. “I volition beryllium appealing today’s decision,” helium said. "I americium with my household now, focused connected my future. Thank you to each my enactment worldwide.” Speaking extracurricular court, Hand said she hoped her lawsuit would punctual victims of battle to support “pushing guardant for justice”.

“I anticipation my communicative is simply a reminder that nary substance however acrophobic you mightiness be, talk up, you person a dependable and support connected warring for justice,” she said. “I cognize this has impacted not lone my life, my daughter’s, my household and friends tremendously. “It’s thing that I’ll ne'er hide for the remainder of my life.

“Now that justness has been served, I tin present effort and determination connected and look guardant to the aboriginal with my household and friends and daughter.” Asked if she felt vindicated aft the jury’s decision, she said: “Yes, I do. Thank you.” McGregor had faced an accusation that helium “brutally raped and battered” Hand astatine a edifice successful southbound Dublin successful December 2018.

The Irish sports prima antecedently told the tribunal helium had consensual enactment with Hand successful a penthouse astatine the Beacon Hotel. Hand, who is besides known arsenic Nikita Ni Laimhin, mislaid her lawsuit against different man, James Lawrence, whom she accused of assaulting her by allegedly having enactment without her consent astatine the aforesaid hotel.

After 8 days of grounds and 3 days listening to closing speeches and the judge’s charge, the assemblage of 8 women and 4 men spent six hours and 10 minutes deliberating earlier returning their verdict. McGregor shook his caput aft the assemblage work retired that Hand had won her lawsuit against him.