Conor McGregor rape accuser rejects claim CCTV ‘contradicts’ her account and says she was ‘brutally raped and battered’

A WOMAN who alleges she was raped by Irish mixed martial arts combatant Conor McGregor successful a Dublin edifice has rejected claims that CCTV footage “contradicts” her relationship of what happened.

Nikita Hand, who is besides known arsenic Nikita Ni Laimhin, is claiming civilian damages against Mr McGregor and different man, alleging she was sexually assaulted successful December 2018.

Ms Hand, who has nary automatic close to anonymity, has accused Mr McGregor of pinning her to a furniture and raping her successful a edifice chamber successful Dublin.

On her 3rd time of giving grounds astatine Dublin’s High Court, Ms Hand was cross-examined by Remy Farrell SC, defence barrister for Mr McGregor.

The mother-of-one was distressed and shaking portion she was questioned by the barrister.

CCTV footage of the evening of December 9 2018 was replayed to the court, and shows Ms Hand successful a assistance with her friend, Mr McGregor and the 2nd suspect James Lawrence.

Ms Hand told the tribunal she has nary representation of the footage and recovered it “very hard to watch”.

The tribunal was besides told that Ms Hand deleted substance messages and asked immoderate of her friends and household to delete substance messages pursuing the alleged assault.

Ms Hand said she did truthful due to the fact that she was “afraid for her life”.

Ms Hand broke down successful tears erstwhile she was asked to rewatch immoderate of the CCTV footage from the evening of the alleged assault.

“It was precise hard to ticker and I don’t privation to spell done that again,” she told the court.

“I can’t retrieve it. It’s not maine and it’s not my character. You tin spot however susceptible I am. I don’t privation to person to look astatine it again.

“It’s maine but it’s not my character. It’s precise disturbing for me.”

Mr Farrell enactment it to Ms Hand that the crushed it disturbs her is due to the fact that “everything successful that CCTV footage contradicts the communicative you person told”.

But Ms Hand told the barrister she did not hold with him.

'RAPED AND BATTERED'

She added: "That CCTV footage doesn’t instrumentality distant from what happened to maine successful that country with Conor. I cognize what happened. I was brutally raped and battered by Conor and that CCTV doesn’t instrumentality distant from what happened to me."

Mr Farrell besides claimed that Ms Hand appeared to “kiss” Mr McGregor’s limb erstwhile they got into the assistance to permission the edifice room.

Ms Hand said she does not retrieve what happened successful the lift.

Mr Farrell besides claimed that the CCTV footage shows Ms Hand hug Mr McGregor erstwhile they got into the lift, but Ms Hand said she could not spot her hugging him.

PHONE CALL

Evidence besides shows that a telephone telephone was made from Ms Hand’s telephone to Mr McGregor soon earlier 6.30pm, aft helium had near the hotel.

Mr Farrell asked the plaintiff wherefore she wanted to “have a chat” with Mr McGregor, a antheral she said “brutally raped” her.

Ms Hand told the tribunal she did not retrieve ringing him and did not cognize why.

She said determination was a batch of waiting astir earlier she returned to the edifice room.

The tribunal besides heard that she had a “confrontation” with her past partner, Stephen, erstwhile she returned location aft the alleged incident.

She said she told him what happened but did not archer him who it was.

The lawsuit continues.