Conor McGregor’s Appeal Dismissed: Court Upholds Rape Verdict in Landmark Case
DUBLIN, Ireland — Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor has lost his appeal against a civil jury’s ruling that favored Nikita Hand, a woman who accused him of rape. The appeal, which McGregor pursued on five separate grounds, was dismissed in its entirety by the Court of Appeal on Thursday. Hand, 35, successfully sued McGregor for an incident reported to have occurred in December 2018 at a hotel in south Dublin, where she alleged he had “brutally raped and battered” her. The jury determined that, despite McGregor’s assertion of consensual sex, he was found civilly … Read more