Jury in civil court finds Conor McGregor raped woman in hotel - and awards her £188,000

A assemblage successful a civilian tribunal has recovered Conor McGregor raped a pistillate successful a Dublin edifice successful 2018 - and has awarded her £188,000 successful damages.

The Irish mixed martial arts fighter, 36, antecedently told Dublin's High Court helium had consensual enactment with the pistillate successful a penthouse astatine the Beacon Hotel successful December 2018.

The pistillate alleged McGregor pinned her to a bed, choked her 3 times and "brutally raped and battered" her.

The assemblage was told she was near with extended injuries, including purple and bluish bruising on her hands and wrists, a bloodied scratch to her bosom and tenderness to her neck.

But lawyers for the combatant contested the allegations and accused her of attempted "extortion".

They pointed to CCTV footage of the pistillate arriving astatine and leaving the edifice with McGregor and a 2nd man, James Lawrence, who she besides accused of intersexual assault.

On Monday, McGregor's ineligible squad besides told jurors it did not substance if they did not similar oregon adjacent loathed the celebrated fighter, urging them to look astatine the grounds and not his character.

McGregor and the claimant knew each different and had occasionally been successful interaction connected societal media, the civilian proceedings heard.

Before the alleged assault, the pistillate contacted the fighter, who picked up her and a person successful his car.

McGregor "came connected to her", but she did not privation to person intersexual intercourse with him arsenic she was connected her period, the proceedings heard.

Both McGregor and Lawrence denied immoderate wrongdoing.

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