Conor McGregor has issued what he says is a remaining assertion addressing the latest civil trial the place he was discovered chargeable for sexual assault following allegations first made again in 2018.
The previous two-division UFC champion has taken to social media a few occasions since a jury issued the decision following an 11-day trial the place McGregor was accused of sexually assaulting a girl named Nikita Hand at a Dublin, Eire lodge. Hand and her attorneys argued that McGregor “raped and battered” her with the 36-year-old fighter admitting that “intercourse with me was athletic, bodily” however fully consensual.
In the long run, the jury sided with Hand and ordered McGregor to pay damages totaling €248,603.60 (approx. $258,440).
On Monday, McGregor vowed to enchantment the decision however he additionally confessed to his infidelity after spending greater than a decade in a long run relationship together with his fiancée Dee Devlin, who can be the mom to his 4 kids.
“Individuals need to hear from me, I wanted time,” McGregor wrote. “I do know I made errors. Six years in the past, I ought to have by no means responded to her outreaches. I ought to have shut the get together down. I ought to by no means have stepped out on the lady I really like probably the most on this planet. That’s all on me.
“As a lot as I remorse it, every part that occurred that evening was consensual and all of the witnesses current swore to that beneath oath. I’ve instructed my authorized workforce to enchantment the choice.”
Whereas the appeals course of performs out within the courts, McGregor says he can solely deal with his future now, which features a return to combating after his final look within the UFC got here again in 2021.
“I can’t return and I’ll transfer ahead,” McGregor wrote. “I’m past grateful to my household, buddies and supporters all around the world who’ve stayed by my facet. That’s it. No extra. Getting again to the gym- the combat recreation awaits!”
Since he was initially discovered liable within the civil trial, McGregor continued to cope with the fallout, which included the online game Hitman chopping ties with him and eradicating him from all advertising campaigns the place he was featured.
As for the UFC, the promotion hasn’t publicly addressed the allegations or the decision in opposition to McGregor for the reason that trial ended final week.
