Wetherspoons removes Conor McGregor beer from sale following civil rape case loss

JD Wetherspoon was the last brand to fall Conor McGregor After the civil rape case saw a jury verdict in favor of a woman who accused him of raping her.

Popular pub chain, MMA fighter‘s Hammered Irish Stout beer is now available at seven locations in the Republic of Ireland.

A spokesperson for the company said in a statement: ‘Wetherspoon took the decision To remove Forged Stout from their bars at ROI.”

Last Friday, a High Court jury awarded compensation of €248,603.60 (about £206,000) to the woman who accused him of raping her in the penthouse suite of a Dublin hotel in December 2018.

Wetherspoon’s move to withdraw beer follows many other major UK retailers and Ireland halted the sale of alcoholic beverages linked to McGregor.

Tesco, Asda, Musgrave and BWG Group are behind McGregor’s Proper No., which he launched in 2018. Twelve is among those who have stopped stocking whiskey.

A Tesco spokesman said: “We can confirm that we have removed Proper No. Twelve Whiskey from sale in Tesco stores and online.”

A BWG Group spokesman said: “The products are no longer listed for distribution across our network of Spar, Eurospar, Mace, Londis and XL stores, including Appleby Westward, which operates more than 300 Spar stores in the south west of England.”

It is understood other retailers such as Costcutter and Carry Out will also stop stocking products linked to Mr McGregor.

He and some of his business partners, Proper No. Twelve sold a majority stake in the Irish whiskey brand to US firm Proximo Spirits in 2021, for which it was reported that it was paid more than £103 million.

On Monday, a popular video game developer decided to pull content featuring the MMA fighter.

The Irish athlete has appeared in several video games, including voicing a character resembling him in additional downloadable content in the Hitman series.

McGregor’s character was featured as the target of the player-controlled assassin in the game.

Hitman’s Danish developer and publisher, IO Interactive, said in a statement: “In light of the recent court decision regarding Conor McGregor, IO Interactive has decided to cease its collaboration with the athlete with immediate effect.

“We take this matter very seriously and cannot ignore the consequences.

“As a result, we will begin removing all content featuring Mr. McGregor from our store windows starting today.”

Independent Proximo Spirits has been contacted for comment.