Conor McGregor has formally filed an attraction over the judgment in opposition to him in a civil lawsuit filed in opposition to the fighter over an alleged sexual assault that passed off in 2018.
Quite a few shops in Eire reported that McGregor filed his attraction with the courts this previous Friday as he seeks to have the judgment overturned after a jury discovered him chargeable for sexual assault and ordered him to pay €248,603.60 (approx. $258,440).
Simply days after the trial ended, McGregor vowed to attraction the decision whereas persevering with to proclaim his innocence within the case involving a girl named Nikita Hand, who accused the fighter of assaulting her in a Dublin, Eire lodge.
“Individuals wish to hear from me, I wanted time,” McGregor wrote this previous November. “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 girl I like probably the most on the 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 attraction the choice.”
Throughout the trial, Hand’s lawyer’s argued that McGregor “raped and battered” their shopper however the 36-year-old fighter denied the allegations and claimed throughout his personal testimony that the “intercourse with me was athletic, bodily” however fully consensual.
When the trial ended, the jury discovered McGregor chargeable for sexual assault however exonerated his buddy James Lawrence, who was additionally accused of assaulting Hand.
Extra not too long ago, the court docket in Eire ordered McGregor to not launch CCTV footage that includes Hand that he retained after the civil case ended. The decide ordered that McGregor destroy or return any copies of the footage together with a sworn assertion detailing how he deleted the footage.
Hand’s lawyer reportedly instructed the court docket he discovered the affidavit to be “fully insufficient” and claimed that McGregor didn’t truly adjust to the order. The subsequent listening to over that state of affairs is scheduled for March 6.
Along with the case in Eire, McGregor faces a separate lawsuit in america the place he’s been accused of sexually assaulting a girl following his look at a Miami Warmth basketball recreation. No prison costs have been ever filed in opposition to him.
McGregor’s lawyer Barbara Llanes launched a press release vehemently denying the allegations after the lawsuit was filed in January.
“After a radical investigation on the time, the State’s Lawyer concluded that there was no case to pursue,” Llanes mentioned. “Nearly two years, and no less than three legal professionals later, the plaintiff has a brand new false story. We’re assured that this case too might be dismissed.”
