Civil Jury: Conor McGregor Found Responsible for 2018 Rape; Financial Compensation Given to Woman | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats and Rumors

A jury in the civil case against Conor McGregor found the former UFC champion responsible for rape.

Per Sky NewsThe jury returned its verdict Friday after the woman claimed McGregor raped her during a 2018 encounter.

The woman was awarded financial compensation of approximately $258,000 (€248,000). McGregor left the High Court in Dublin without making any statement or comment on the decision.

The civil lawsuit was first filed in 2021 with McGregor and another man listed as defendants.

woman during trial testified She told McGregor in court that she was uncomfortable being alone with him while he was in the bedroom of a Dublin hotel penthouse flat.

“I tried to explain that I didn’t want to have sex with him and that I wasn’t there for such a thing,” the woman said during her statement. “He wouldn’t take no for an answer.”

Room in question McGregor choked her three times, held her in a suffocating position, “pinned” her to the bed with her “body weight on me” and “brutally raped and beaten” he.

Paramedic examining woman after alleged attack in question As part of his statement he said the woman was “very bruised” at the time and that the “intensity of the bruising” was not something he was accustomed to seeing in his experience.

McGregor rejected Her allegations during her deposition stated that the sexual encounter was consensual.

“These allegations are unfounded,” he said, “I am here to express my opinion and my truth, these allegations are lies and unfounded.”

The police investigated the woman’s complaint, but no official fee When prosecutors decided that the likelihood of conviction was low, charges were filed against McGregor.

McGregor, a former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion, has not competed in an official mixed martial arts bout since losing to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 on July 10, 2021.

McGregor was scheduled to return against Michael Chandler at UFC 303 earlier this year, but was forced to retreat He left the show due to injury.