A High Court judge has been urged to compel Conor McGregor to cover the entire €1.5m legal costs incurred by Nikita Hand in a civil action. The court was urged to take into account McGregor's social media comments following the jury's verdict, which insulted the jury's decision.
A High Court judge has been urged to order Conor McGregor to pay the entire costs of a civil action by Nikita Hand , estimated at €1.5m, after a jury believed her claim she was raped by the mixed martial arts fighter in a Dublin hotel.
Counsel noted the judge had said the jury were very concerned about photos during the trial and it was a most unsatisfactory situation, to put it at its most neutral, that a litigant would attack the jury. He described as “extraordinary” the fact hat Ms Hand had pursued a civil claim for rape against Mr Lawrence, when she had said in evidence she did not have sex with him after Mr McGregor had left the hotel.
The verdict of the jury appeared to mean they accepted the evidence of Ms Hand that she did not have sex with Mr Lawrence, the judge said. In her civil action for damages, Ms Hand alleged Mr McGregor raped her in the Beacon hotel in Dublin on December 9th, 2018. Mr McGregor, she said, “would not take no for an answer” and she stopped resisting him after he put her in a chokehold three times, leaving her struggling to breathe.
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