Conor McGregor DELETED his angry tirade against rape victim Nikita Hand after winning civil sexual assault case against the UFC star

Conor McGregor has deleted his angry tirade against his rape victim after he was awarded €250,000 in damages in his civil sexual assault case.

The 36-year-old UFC star sexually assaulted 35-year-old Nikita Hand at a hotel in south Dublin in December 2018, a jury at the civil court found.

The jury of eight women and four men announced its verdict on Friday afternoon after deliberating for six hours and 10 minutes, awarding Ms. Hand a significant amount of compensation for her claim.

Ms Hand told the Mail she expected to win the civil case because she had told ‘the truth from day one’.

But Ms Hand lost her case against McGregor’s friend James Lawrence, whom she accused of assaulting her the same night.

In a now-deleted post, McGregor was quick to criticize the decision and vowed to appeal, insisting that he, like his friend, was waiting to be ‘vindicated’.

Addressing the ‘disgusting accusation’, he said: ‘Two men have been falsely accused. One was right, the other will be out soon!

‘Congratulations to James Lawrence on his absolute exoneration! This disgusting accusation has been made against you twice, and twice it has been proven FALSE! LIE!

Conor McGregor leaves the Supreme Court with girlfriend Dee Devlin. He was found by a jury at the civil court to have sexually assaulted a woman in a hotel in south Dublin in December 2018.

McGregor spoke out against the decision while emphasizing his friend’s ‘rightness’ to his 10 million followers on X. He later deleted this post

Ms Hand joined family and supporters and said she felt vindicated by the outcome

‘It’s absolutely shameful what they put you through here. Shameful!

‘I look forward to seeing you further vindicate yourself and scold those responsible in court!

‘We know what happened that night! Everyone who was there knew, but it was ignored.

‘Every statement of the people present at the night was not taken into consideration. And they all objected to Nikita’s LIES!

‘But James, they believed you, but only in certain parts for some strange reason. And apparently they didn’t believe Danielle Kealy at all. Ridiculous!’

McGregor then referred to Ms Hand’s statement in court, which included claims she feared being “gang raped”.

During the trial, the prosecution lawyer asked: ‘Don’t you remember waking up and saying that two guards came into the room and that you thought you were going to be gang raped?

‘And you ran away because you thought the security guard was going to rape you?’

McGregor deleted his own tweets but reposted this support tweet

Conor McGregor’s co-defendant, James Lawrence, was also accused of sexually assaulting Ms Hand but was acquitted

James Lawrence posted his own statement on Saturday night, and McGregor reposted it on his X account, where he announced his intention to sue Ms Hand for damages.

Ms Hand said she didn’t remember because it was ‘everywhere’.

McGregor continued in his post: ‘Also, with the damages (60 thousand and 188 thousand, interesting choice of numbers) it seems that they did not believe Nikita very much.

‘How could they, her real story was that she was gang raped by security and chased from the hotel on foot. Absolute nonsense.

‘How these lies were accepted, I will never know. A court of emotions and thoughts where people are brainwashed through the mainstream media. Not really!

‘The news made in the court was a laughing stock for everyone present. It’s clear as day bias.

‘This is not a court of conclusive evidence and facts. This is the kangaroo court of ideas and emotions. We’re not done yet. It’s not a long shot. I have no chance. We are fighting!

‘Justice and truth will prevail! Attractive! Attractive! Attractive! Among others. Congratulations James! Onwards and upwards!’

In another post she wrote: ‘Falsely accused a man of rape and lost.’

McGregor has since deleted the posts.

McGregor strongly disputes the explanation put forward by Ms Hand and has signaled his intention to appeal the civil court decision

However, she shared a photo on Instagram with her son Mack, who was born in December last year.

McGregor has four children with his fiancée Dee Devlin, with whom he has been in a relationship since 2008.

Although he deleted his angry tirade, McCregor reposted the following tweet from Keith Woods: ‘Predictably, Official Ireland spokespeople are jumping on the finding against Conor McGregor today, branding him a rapist.

‘My personal view is that there is little that makes sense in this case and I am shocked by the guilty verdict.’

He then went on to list 10 ‘key details’ about the case, adding: ‘It is clear from the reactions of the regime’s spokesmen to this that they relished the opportunity to discredit McGregor and neutralize his voice in Irish politics. He has been keen to do this since he spoke out last year and gave voice to many voiceless Irish people.

‘Whatever your feelings about Conor, he doesn’t deserve that awful rapist label based on that.’

The jury in the High Court civil case found that McGregor sexually assaulted Ms Hand in a Dublin hotel in 2018, following a three-week trial that attracted huge attention.

Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor and partner Dee Devlin leave the Supreme Court

Conor McGregor and his partner Dee Devlin and her mother Margaret outside the High Court in Dublin, 22 November 2024

The jury awarded general damages of €60,000, compensation for loss of earnings of €135,026, agreed medical expenses of €4,557.64 and compensation for loss of future earnings of €50,000.

Special damages awarded in total were €188,603.60. Aggravated damages or exemplary damages were not awarded.

The total compensation awarded is 248,603.60 Euros.

The standard of proof in a criminal case is higher than in a civil case because jurors must be satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt before convicting. In a civil case, this standard is lower and a decision can be reached on the balance of probabilities.

The jury in the McGregor trial was told that the balance of probabilities meant they had to decide whether something was more likely to be true than to be false.

Following her victory, Ms Hand told the Irish Mail on Sunday that the result meant her little girl would not have to grow up in a world where she had to ‘shut up and say nothing’.

When asked how he felt the day after the marathon court case, which attracted global media attention, he admitted: ‘I’m so tired to be honest, I’m just really tired’ and added that he was ‘just trying to be nice’. now I have to take this daily’.

He also said he was inundated with supportive calls, texts, emails and texts after the civil trial jury awarded damages against McGregor.

‘I’m also very impressed with the support I’m receiving at the moment.’

When asked if he expected to win the case, he replied: ‘Win? Yes, yes, yes. Yes because my story is true. ‘I always believed with all my heart that I would win.’

Referring to the Director of Public Prosecutions’ (DPP) decision not to proceed with the criminal case, he added: ‘Obviously it didn’t work out with the DPP but yeah, I always felt like I was going to win because I was telling the truth from day one, you know.’