Conor McGregor sends homophobic response to Jake Paul after losing civil court case

Conor McGregor was ordered to wage £200,000 to Nikita Hand aft a tribunal recovered him liable for her battle successful a Dublin edifice six years ago

Conor McGregor couldn’t assistance but get into a societal media warfare of words with Jake Paul - conscionable hours after losing a civilian assertion for damages to a woman who claimed helium raped her.

The erstwhile UFC champion denies raping Nikita Hand successful a Dublin edifice successful December 2018, but she won her assertion against him for damages successful a civilian lawsuit astatine the High Court successful the Irish superior connected Friday. The assemblage delivered its verdict and awarded Ms Hand conscionable implicit £200k successful damages.

Unsurprisingly, that saw a big of the Irishman’s MMA and boxing rivals lined up to instrumentality pops astatine McGregor pursuing the news, with Paul - caller from his combat against Mike Tyson past play - taking purpose connected Twitter.

Engineering himself into it, and showcasing that helium doesn’t cognize the quality betwixt a civilian lawsuit and a transgression one, Paul wrote: “Dana hits his woman Conor’s convicted of rape But I’m the atrocious guy”.

McGregor, from his TheNotoriousMMA twitter handle, replied: “No you’re a small cheery nerd”.

That prompted Paul to again respond, stating: “Calling idiosyncratic cheery and reasoning you are hitting them with a zinger shows however cooked Conor’s encephalon is from each the coke. Shout retired to each the nerds.”

McGregor - who has not been convicted of a crime, contempt what Paul’s tweet says - 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. The 36-year-old made nary remark arsenic helium near tribunal but aboriginal said helium intends to appeal.

“I volition beryllium appealing today’s decision,” helium said, earlier adding: “I americium with my household now, focused connected my future.”

Speaking extracurricular tribunal earlier, Ms Hand said she hoped her lawsuit would punctual victims of assault 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.”