Woman accuses Conor McGregor of sexual assault in Ireland hotel as civil case begins

DUBLIN — A female accusing Conor McGregor of sexually assaulting her successful a Dublin edifice successful 2018 testified successful an Irish tribunal connected Tuesday astatine nan commencement of a civilian lawsuit seeking financial damages against nan mixed martial arts star.

McGregor was astatine nan High Court successful Dublin for nan opening of a lawsuit that is expected to past astir 2 weeks.

The alleged incident took spot connected Dec. 9, 2018 and nan civilian action was revenge successful 2021.

McGregor and different man, James Lawrence, are nan defendants.

A spokesperson for McGregor has antecedently denied nan allegations, saying nan Irish constabulary had investigated and declined to bring criminal charges.

In her testimony, nan female said she told McGregor she didn’t consciousness comfortable aft being near unsocial pinch him successful a chamber successful nan penthouse suite of a Dublin hotel, Britain’s PA news agency reported.

“I tried to talk him around, that I didn’t want to person activity and wasn’t location for thing for illustration that,” nan female said astir McGregor successful nan courtroom. “He conscionable wasn’t taking nary for an answer.”

John Gordon, nan lawyer for nan woman, said she and McGregor were known to each different arsenic they were successful nan aforesaid property group, from nan aforesaid area, had communal friends and had been successful interaction astatine various times done societal media.

Daniel Keane, who useful arsenic a gynecologist arsenic good arsenic a forensic examiner successful intersexual battle cases, besides testified connected nan first time of nan case.

Keane said nan female was “shaking and crying” aft being brought successful by ambulance nan time aft nan alleged battle to nan infirmary wherever he was working.

He elaborate bruising crossed nan woman’s assemblage and said nan grade of it was “quite unusual.”

PA reported that lawyers for McGregor will reason that nan enactment betwixt him and nan female was consensual.

It wasn’t instantly clear erstwhile they will coming their arguments.