A jury found Conor McGregor liable for sexually assaulting a woman who claimed the mixed martial arts fighter “brutally raped and battered” her in 2018, and McGregor has been ordered to pay more than $250,000 in damages, according to multiple reports.
A jury in Dublin awarded the woman about €250,000 ($257,000) after accusing McGregor, 36, and another man, James Lawrence, 35, of sexually assaulting her on Dec. 8, 2018, while staying at a south Dublin hotel, the Associated Press reported.
The woman filed a civil suit against McGregor and Lawrence in 2021, alleging McGregor forced her onto a bed in a penthouse suite and “brutally raped and battered her” after they attended a Christmas party.
John Gordon, an attorney representing the woman, said McGregor referred to a fight he lost two months earlier and had placed the woman in a choke hold several times during their encounter, during which McGregor would say, “Now you know how I felt in the octagon.”
A paramedic who treated her after the incident reportedly testified the woman was found “very bruised” on her lower neck, chest, legs and thighs, though McGregor denied harming her.
The woman accused Lawrence of raping her after McGregor left the room, though the jury found Lawrence was not liable for sexual assault after he testified the sexual interaction was consensual, according to Irish broadcaster RTÉ.
McGregor denied the claims during testimony earlier this month and accused the woman of being “full of lies,” saying he and the woman had consensual sex and that he did not force her to do anything against her will.

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