Conor McGregor's full statement after losing civil case and being ordered to pay £200,000

Conor McGregor (C) arrives to speech to the property (Image: AFP via Getty Images)

Conor McGregor has made a resolute connection promising to situation the result of his civilian intersexual battle case, though helium confessed to past "mistakes". The ex-UFC champion indispensable wage Nikita Hand a sum of £200,000 pursuing a blameworthy ruling successful a civilian court.

Accused of raping her successful a Dublin edifice six years earlier, McGregor was deemed liable and Hand was granted £200,000 successful damages past Friday.

In an effort to reconstruct his sullied image, the 36 twelvemonth aged combatant broke his societal media soundlessness with a station connected Monday, disclosing his determination to determination past the incidental and marque a comeback to the UFC. McGregor proclaimed his program to entreaty successful his communiqué.

However, 35 twelvemonth aged Hand feels vindicated by the verdict and is striving to rebuild her beingness with her family's support.

McGregor's afloat confession reads: "People privation to perceive from me, I needed time. I cognize I made mistakes. Six years ago, I should person ne'er responded to her outreaches.

"I should person unopen the enactment down. I should ne'er person stepped retired connected the pistillate I emotion the astir successful the world. That's each connected me. As overmuch arsenic I regret it, everything that happened that nighttime was consensual and each the witnesses contiguous swore to that nether oath. I person instructed my ineligible squad to entreaty the decision."

Nikita Hand, who is besides known arsenic Nikita Ni Laimhin, speaking to the media extracurricular the High Court successful Dublin aft the idiosyncratic wounded lawsuit against Conor McGregor. Nikita Hand alleges she was raped by McGregor successful a Dublin edifice successful December 2018. After deliberating for six hours and 10 minutes, the assemblage returned with their verdicts successful the civilian proceedings against Conor McGregor. The full magnitude of damages awarded to Nikita Hand by the assemblage was 248,603.60 euro. Picture date: Friday November 22, 2024. PA Photo. See PA communicative IRISH McGregor. Photo recognition should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire (Image: PA)

"I can't spell backmost and I volition determination forward. I americium beyond grateful to my family, friends and supporters each implicit the satellite who person stayed by my side. That's it. No more. Getting backmost to the gym- the combat crippled awaits! ".

Prior to his latest online station connected Monday evening, Conor McGregor erupted successful a bid of now-deleted incensed messages connected societal media. On Sunday, successful an aggravated tirade, helium lambasted the result and made wide his volition to appeal, stressing that helium expected "vindication" akin to that experienced by his friend.

Hand, who has alleged the occurrence near her with terrible bruising and PTSD, was emotionally grateful to her supporters pursuing Friday's judgement. She shared: "I americium overwhelmed by the enactment I person received from everybody. I privation to convey my ineligible squad and my 3 barristers, they person been astonishing from commencement to finish.

"I privation to convey the justice, the assemblage and each the witnesses. I privation to convey the doctors, nurses and everyone astatine the intersexual battle portion astatine the Rotunda battle unit, particularly my ain doctor. I privation to convey the rape proposal centre, I privation to convey each the guards and the ambulance crew.

"I privation to convey the men and women who person supported maine passim this trial. For each idiosyncratic who reached retired to me, a card, email, everything, it has not gone unnoticed. Thank you, I truly admit it truthful much.

In an affectional statement, the subsister expressed heartfelt gratitude: "I privation to convey my spouse who has been truthful supportive for the past 4 years and has held my manus passim this proceedings each day. I privation to convey my mum and each my household and friends. I privation to convey my girl who I americium astir grateful for. She has fixed maine truthful overmuch spot and courageousness implicit the past six years done this nightmare to support pushing guardant for justice."

She added emphatically, "I privation to amusement her and each different miss and lad that you tin basal up for yourself if thing happens to you, nary substance who the idiosyncratic is, and justness volition beryllium served. To each the victims of intersexual assault, I anticipation my communicative is simply a reminder that you person a dependable and to support connected warring for justice."

The subsister continued, reflecting connected the harrowing journey, "I cognize this has impacted my life, my daughter's, my household and friends' tremendously and it is thing I volition ne'er hide for the remainder of my life. But present that justness has been served I tin present effort and determination connected and look guardant to the aboriginal with my family, friends and daughter."