Conor McGregor doubles down on his innocence in follow-up assertion after being discovered liable of sexual assault

Conor McGregor insists he’s performed nothing improper.

On Friday, McGregor was discovered liable of sexually assaulting Nikita Hand in a Dublin Lodge again in 2018. The jury verdict got here after an 11-day trial the place Hand and her group claimed McGregor “raped and battered” her, offering testimony from a doctor and a psychologist. McGregor in flip argued that the intercourse with Hand was consensual however saying “intercourse with me was athletic, bodily.”

In the long run the Dublin Excessive Courtroom jury discovered McGregor liable within the civil trial, ordering the UFC star to pay Hand €248,603.60 (approx. $258,440).

Following the decision, McGregor was fast to challenge an announcement by way of Twitter the place the UFC star mentioned he meant to enchantment the choice. McGregor has since deleted his preliminary Tweet however on Saturday the previous UFC featherweight and light-weight champion returned to Twitter the place he once more spoke concerning the verdict, claiming innocence and doubling down on his plans to enchantment.

“Justice was served for James Lawrence, sure! Deplorable what they performed. Nikita Hand, vicious liar! APPEAL!” McGregor mentioned in a single Tweet.

“Falsely accused a person of rape and misplaced.” McGregor mentioned in one other.

Lawrence was additionally accused of sexually assaulting Hand together with McGregor, nevertheless, Lawrence was not discovered to be liable.

McGregor didn’t cease there although, issuing a prolonged response to the decision that, as of now, stays up on Twitter, calling the proceedings “a kangaroo courtroom” and insisting that the whole accusation is a lie.

“Two males falsely accused. One vindicated, the opposite quickly to be! Congrats James Lawrence on absolute exoneration! Twice this heinous accusation was put to you and twice it was proven as FALSE! LIES! It’s completely disgraceful what they put you thru right here. Disgraceful! I sit up for seeing you additional vindicate your self and lambast these accountable in courtroom!

“We all know what occurred that night time! Everybody current is aware of, but it was ignored. Each single assertion of individuals current on the night time was ignored. And so they all disputed Nikita’s LIES! Nonetheless James they did consider you however simply in sure elements for some unusual cause. And so they apparently didn’t consider Danielle Kealy in any respect. Laughable! Additionally with the damages (60k and 188k, attention-grabbing alternative of figures) it appears they didn’t consider Nikita a lot both. How may they, her authentic story was she was gang raped by safety and chased from the resort on foot. Absolute nonsense.

“How these lies had been accepted, I’ll by no means know. A courtroom of feeling and opinion, brainwashed in to individuals by way of the primary stream media. Not of truth! The reporting in courtroom a laughing inventory to everybody current. As clear as day bias. This isn’t a courtroom of laborious proof and fact. It’s a kangaroo courtroom of opinions and emotions. We’re not performed but. Not by an extended shot. No likelihood. On we combat! Justice and fact will prevail! Enchantment! Enchantment! Enchantment! In addition to different. Congrats James! Onwards and upwards!”

The primary simultaneous two-division champion in UFC historical past, McGregor stays the most important star in MMA regardless of not competing for over three years. “The Infamous” was imagined to make his long-awaited return early this yr at UFC 303 however a toe damage pressured him from the cardboard. UFC CEO Dana White beforehand mentioned he anticipates McGregor will return in late 2025, but it surely’s unclear if this lawsuit will influence that timeline in any respect.