Tuesday, November 26, 2024 -Conor
McGregor has issued a final statement addressing the recent civil trial
where he was found liable for s3xual ass@ult following allegations first made
back in 2018.
The former two-division UFC champion was accused of sexually assaulting
a woman named Nikita Hand at a Dublin, Ireland hotel after a jury issued the
verdict following an 11-day trial.
Hand and her lawyers argued that McGregor “r@ped and battered” her with
the 36-year-old fighter admitting that “s3x with me was athletic, physical” but
completely consensual.
In the end, the jury sided with Hand and ordered McGregor to pay damages
totaling €248,603.60 (approx. $258,440).
On Monday, McGregor vowed to appeal the verdict but he also confessed to
his infidelity after spending more than a decade in a long term relationship
with his fiancée Dee Devlin, who is also the mother to his four children.
“People want to hear from me, I needed time,” McGregor wrote. “I
know I made mistakes. Six years ago, I should have never responded to her
outreaches. I should have shut the party down. I should never have stepped out
on the woman I love the most in the world. That’s all on me.
“As much as I regret it, everything that happened that night was
consensual and all the witnesses present swore to that under oath. I have
instructed my legal team to appeal the decision.”
“I can’t go back and I will move forward,”
McGregor wrote. “I am beyond grateful to my family, friends and supporters all
over the world who have stayed by my side. That’s it. No more. Getting back to
the gym- the fight game awaits!”
Since he was initially found liable in the civil trial, McGregor continued to deal with the fallout, which included the video game Hitman cutting ties with him and removing him from all marketing campaigns where he was featured
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