Conor McGregor ‘raped’ woman in hotel penthouse, court hears

Irish mixed martial arts combatant Conor McGregor raped a pistillate successful a Dublin hotel, the city’s High Court has been told.

Nikita Ni Laimhin is claiming civilian damages against Mr McGregor and different man, alleging she was sexually assaulted successful 2018.

But, the tribunal heard connected Tuesday, Mr McGregor’s lawyers accidental Ms Ni Laimhin, who has nary automatic close to anonymity, is attempting extortion.

The fighter, nicknamed “Notorious”, was successful tribunal to perceive Justice Alexander Owens archer the assemblage it is alleged Ms Ni Laimhin was sexually assaulted by Mr McGregor and James Lawrence connected December 9.

The justice said that it is alleged that the brace had “in effect raped her”.

The tribunal was told Mr McGregor collected Ms Ni Laimhin, a Dublin hairdresser, and her person pursuing a Christmas enactment connected December 8.

John Gordon SC for Ms Ni Laimhin said that the brace were known to each different arsenic they were successful the aforesaid property group, from the aforesaid country and had communal friends and had been successful interaction astatine assorted times done societal media.

At the clip she lived successful the Dublin suburb of Drimnagh with her spouse and seven-year-old daughter.

She and had been retired with friends connected the nighttime of the alleged incident.

Mr Gordon said that Mr McGregor was “enormously famous” and was considered a “hero” astir Drimnagh.

He said that his lawsuit was “no angel” and “doesn’t unreal to beryllium an angel”.

On the night, she had been drinking and had taken immoderate cocaine. The tribunal besides heard that she suffered from slump and had been connected anti-depressants.

The tribunal was told that aboriginal connected successful the night, Ms Ni Laimhin and 2 of her friends returned to her salon wherever they continued to enactment and astatine immoderate point, she contacted Mr McGregor.

Mr McGregor collected her and her person successful his car, and Ms Ni Laimhin understood they were to beryllium taken to different party.

He sat successful the backseat with the 2 women, portion his operator took them astir lodging estates and beeped the horn.

They aboriginal went to the location of Mr Lawrence, who joined them successful the car.

The tribunal was told that Mr McGregor had a container of cocaine, which was shared betwixt Mr McGregor, the complainant and her friend.

The group, which included the complainant, Mr McGregor arsenic good arsenic his information squad and others, past went to a penthouse suite successful the Beacon Hotel successful Dublin.

The tribunal was told that they were each drinking and laughing.

At 1 point, Mr McGregor went into a chamber and beckoned Ms Ni Laimhin to articulation him.

The tribunal was told that Mr McGregor “came connected to her”, but she did not privation to person intersexual intercourse with him arsenic she was connected her period.

Mr Gordon told the tribunal that she alleged that Mr McGregor pinned her down connected the furniture and that she was nary carnal lucifer for him.

“She volition archer you that she was nervous, that she tried to propulsion him disconnected her but she was wholly incapable to bash so,” helium added.

“You volition spot pictures of her hands and wrists which are achromatic and blue. You volition spot that her near bosom has a bloodied scratch. The scratch is determination due to the fact that she was wearing a ticker and had her hands up to support herself. She was pressed down connected and the ticker scarred her breast.

“Mr McGregor past flips her implicit and puts her limb successful a fastener and draws her up by the neck. She can’t breathe. And helium does it again.

“By the 3rd clip helium does it, she gives up. She can’t defy this immoderate more. In the people of this helium says: ‘Now you cognize what it was similar to beryllium successful the Octagon erstwhile I went down 3 times.’

“She was astatine this constituent wholly terrified. She subjected herself to what was astir to happen, which was a convulsive and vicious assault.”

It is alleged aboriginal that she had enactment with Mr Lawrence, but Mr Gordon said she has nary recollection of specified an lawsuit ever happening.

Ms Ni Laimhin aboriginal went location and visited her mother, who called 999. Ms Ni Laimhin was taken to infirmary successful an ambulance. The tribunal was told that she was shaking and successful symptom portion being transferred to hospital.

Mr Gordon said: “In the look of this, Mr McGregor volition archer you that this was a consensual encounter, that they were conscionable having amusive and a spot of unsmooth sex. That’s his answer.

What helium is saying is that she gave him a licence to transportation retired what has to person been a brutal battle connected her body

John Gordon SC

“What did I accidental astir communal sense? Don’t beryllium fooled into leaving it down successful this (court) room.

“What helium is saying is that she gave him a licence to transportation retired what has to person been a brutal battle connected her body.”

The defence claimed successful the grounds booklet that Ms Ni Laimhin had respective opportunities to kick to radical astir however she was treated but did not.

It volition besides assertion that Ms Ni Laimhin is engaged successful an effort astatine extortion, the tribunal heard.

Mr Gordon said that his lawsuit is being called a “gold digger and a fraud”, adding: “Brave. But wherever is the bravery successful this? Bravery yet sits with my client.

“Because she pursued her ngo for vindication and compensation to which she is entitled. And for these defendants to breezily and cheekily dispose of her assertion is thing you volition see successful owed course.”

Earlier the assemblage was sworn successful astatine the High Court and told that they are judges of information arsenic to what happened and volition person to gully a decision and it volition beryllium based connected their decision.

The enactment is expected to past astir 2 weeks.