Conor McGregor manufacturers sufferer ‘liar’ and blasts ‘kangaroo court docket’ as UFC star launches rant
Conor McGregor has unleashed a furious rant after announcing plans to appeal a court decision awarding more than £200,000 to the woman he assaulted in a hotel.
Nikita Hand accused the UFC star of choking and raping her in a Dublin hotel in December 2018. The 35-year-old hair colourist won her claim for damages in a civil case against McGregor, 36, on Friday afternoon.
A jury of eight women and four men deliberated for six hours and 10 minutes before delivering their verdict, following a trial at the High Court in Dublin. McGregor, who denied that he “brutally raped and battered” Ms Hand and claimed he had consensual sex with her, released a statement yesterday saying he would challenge the decision.
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And now McGregor has taken to social media, blasting Ms Hand, who is also known as Nikita Ni Laimhin, and celebrating the verdict in the case of his co-defendant, James Lawrence, 35, reports the Mirror. The jury found James Lawrence did not assault Nikita Hand.
McGregor posted: “Two men falsely accused. One vindicated, the other soon to be!” He added: “Congrats James Lawrence on absolute exoneration! Twice this heinous accusation was put to you and twice it was shown as FALSE! LIES! It is absolutely disgraceful what they put you through here. Disgraceful!”
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McGregor continued: “I look forward to seeing you further vindicate yourself and lambast those responsible in court! We know what happened that night! Everyone present knows, yet it was ignored.
“Every single statement of persons present on the night was ignored. And they all disputed Nikita’s LIES! However James they did believe you but just in certain parts for some strange reason.
“And they apparently did not believe Danielle Kealy [Ms Hand’s work colleague, who gave evidence in the trial] at all. Laughable! Also with the damages (60k and 188k, interesting choice of figures) it seems they didn’t believe Nikita much either.
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“How could they, her original story was she was gang raped by security and chased from the hotel on foot. Absolute nonsense. How these lies were accepted, I will never know. A court of feeling and opinion, brainwashed in to people via the main stream media. Not of fact!”
McGregor continued: “The reporting in court a laughing stock to everyone present. As clear as day bias. This is not a court of hard evidence and truth. It is a kangaroo court of opinions and feelings. We are not done yet. Not by a long shot. No chance. On we fight! Justice and truth will prevail! Appeal! Appeal! Appeal! As well as other. Congrats James! Onwards and upwards!”
The trial was a civil case after the Director of Public Prosecutions in Ireland decide not to charge McGregor with any criminal offence.
