Vile details of Conor McGregor court case, why he won't face jail and next steps

Conor McGregor has mislaid his civilian car against Nikita Hand, who accused the UFC combatant of raping her, with the Irishman ordered to wage much than £200,000 successful damages, though helium intends to appeal

Conor McGregor has lost his civilian lawsuit against a woman who accused him of raping her against arsenic she claimed damages successful a civilian case.

A assemblage recovered that the Irish MMA prima assaulted Nikita Hand successful a Dublin edifice successful December 2018 and helium has been ordered to wage her much than £200,000 successful damages.

A assemblage astatine the High Court successful Dublin had been deliberating for a time earlier they returned its verdict and deemed that McGregor did battle Ms Hand.

She had besides taken a lawsuit against different man, James Lawrence, alleging that helium assaulted her by having enactment with her without her consent successful the Beacon Hotel. The assemblage recovered that helium did not battle her.

The lawsuit began connected November 5 arsenic some parties enactment guardant their cases. Both men had denied the claims by the 35-year-old hairsbreadth colourist and said they separately had consensual enactment with Hand astatine the edifice astir six years ago.

The case

The tribunal antecedently heard that connected the time of the attack, Hand and her enactment colleague, Danielle Kealy, went to the penthouse suite with McGregor and Lawrence aft their enactment Christmas party.

They gave grounds wherever they stated they had been partying each nighttime from December 8 and into the greeting of December 9, and had been heavy drinking and taking cocaine.

Hand told the tribunal however McGregor had pinned her to the furniture successful the edifice chamber earlier assaulting her. Hand said she thought she would ne'er spot her young girl again erstwhile McGregor was “choking” her.

She said she had held up some hands and had tried to get distant from him, but said the much she struggled, the much helium appeared to similar it.

“The lone happening I could determination was my head. I spot him but I can’t retrieve where. He didn’t similar it, truthful helium flipped maine astir and enactment his limb astir my cervix and choked me,” she said.

Ms Hand had besides been disquieted astir a tampon she had been wearing connected the nighttime she was assaulted. Dr Daniel Kane, a gynaecologist arsenic good arsenic a forensic examiner successful intersexual battle cases, explained however helium had to usage forceps to region the tampon which had been “wedged inside”.

A paramedic who examined Hand the time aft the battle had told the tribunal she had not seen “someone truthful bruised” successful a agelong time.

Hand was near with extended bruises and abrasions implicit her body. McGregor denied helium caused the bruising crossed her body, saying they could person been caused erstwhile she “swan dived” into the bath successful the edifice room.

The tribunal heard Hand suffered superior carnal and intelligence injuries arsenic a effect of the onslaught by McGregor and that she had been diagnosed with post-traumatic accent upset (PTSD). Hand broke down respective times arsenic she gave grounds for astir 3 days and sought a fig of breaks.

Verdict

The assemblage delivered its verdict connected Friday. The full magnitude of damages awarded to Hand by the assemblage was €248,603 (£206,714) and she said, extracurricular court, that she hoped her lawsuit would service arsenic information to different victims of battle arsenic she urged them to support “pushing guardant for justice”.

She said: “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. 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.”

Accuser targeted

Hand though has been forced to determination location aft a break-in by a radical of men successful balaclavas, who are thought to beryllium supporters of the UFC fighter. They stabbed her fellow portion their babe slept adjacent doorway with the horrific communicative being told during the trial.

With nary assemblage present, her counsel, John Gordon, told Judge Alexander Owens that the incidental had happened connected June 14 this twelvemonth - though determination was nary proposition that McGregor had thing to bash with the interruption in.

“The plaintiff's location was invaded by a radical of men wearing balaclavas,” Gordon said. “They broke into the plaintiff's bedroom, and were driven retired by the plaintiff's partner, who suffered a stab coiled successful the process. Her girl was successful the adjacent room, sleeping.”

He continued: “We are not laying that astatine the feet of the defendants, oregon saying they person thing to bash with that. “We bash marque the assertion that it was not an untargeted attack, [it] arose from supporters of the archetypal named suspect [Mr McGregor]. It is related to the assertion that she had to determination retired of the Drimnagh area."

Plans to appeal

McGregor said thing arsenic helium near tribunal but aboriginal said helium intends to appeal. The Irishman shook his caput aft the assemblage work retired that Hand had won her lawsuit against him arsenic helium chopped an affectional figure.

He said: "I volition beryllium appealing today's decision. The judge's acquisition and the humble grant fixed was for assault, not for aggravated oregon exemplary damages. I americium disappointed that the assemblage did not perceive each the grounds that the DPP reviewed. I americium with my household now, focused connected my future. Thank you to each my enactment worldwide."

McGregor was accompanied by his family, including his spouse Dee Devlin, who near the tribunal successful tears, his parents, sister and brother-in-law. He sat successful the backmost enactment of the tribunal betwixt his spouse and his mother, Margaret.

No situation for McGregor

Despite the ruling and the immense publicity surrounding the lawsuit McGregor volition not look jailhouse time.

Whilst helium mislaid his intersexual battle civilian case, which volition spot him wage his accuser implicit £200,000 successful damages, McGregor won't beryllium imprisoned since the proceedings was civil, not criminal, aft Ireland's manager of nationalist prosecutions decided against filing transgression charges against him.

In Irish civilian law, parties are not granted automatic anonymity during tribunal proceedings, dissimilar successful transgression cases.