Conor McGregor rape accuser had ‘bruise on breast, knee, knuckle and scrape on her jaw’

A woman has accused Conor McGregor of leaving her with bruises on her breast, knee and knuckle and a scrape on her jaw.

The Mixed Martial Artist has been sued alongside co-defendant James Lawrence over an alleged rape back in December 2018. It is a civil case rather than a criminal one as Ireland’s Director of Public Prosecutions decided not to prosecute the case due to a lack of evidence.

The woman accusing McGregor claims the alleged rape took place at Dublin’s Beacon Hotel. The pair deny any allegations of rape and claim they had consensual sex with the woman in question.

A witness in the trial and friend of the claimant has now told the court the woman had bruises on three parts of her body and a scrape on her jaw.

The witness said: “She said to Conor’s friend, ‘Do you turn a blind eye for what he does to women?’ Then she said to the driver she wants to go home.

“He asked her, ‘Does Conor want you to leave?’ She ran off. She ended up getting into a taxi. She then went to her sister-in-law, didn’t get an answer so she went to my house.

“She told me she did have a tampon in. And that she thinks it’s inside her. She was crying over that. She had said, ‘What am I going to do?’ I said you probably have to go rape crisis centre and if you do go there, it’s probably best not to have a shower.

“She had taken off her coat when she first came in and I saw the bruise on her arms. I helped her take off the jumpsuit and noticed bruised right breast with a scrape on it. She had a bruise on her knee I think, bruise on her knuckle, scrape on her jaw, red mark on her neck.”

The woman has claimed McGregor assaulted her before raping her. On Thursday (November 7) McGregor’s counsel, Remy Farrell SC, accused the woman of telling a “web of lies.” He questioned the woman about telling her then-partner she had been in a taxi with a friend after she left the hotel.

The woman admitted the comment was not true and she had actually been alone in the taxi. She said she told the lie to reassure her ex-partner she was ok, prompting Mr Farrell to say the untruths were “part of a web of lies you were weaving.”

She told the court: “I was raped and battered a few hours before that so my mind wasn’t perfect at the time,” the woman told the court. I didn’t care about anything at the time. All I cared about was my body and how hurt I was. I didn’t care about anyone else.”

The case continues.