The two sides were not just offering opposing narratives, but speaking completely different languages
Conor McGregor case: Nikita Hand speaking to media at the four courts after she won her civil case against Conor McGregor. Photograph: Alan Betson
painted a picture of a world shaped by the tropes of porn: a world where sex is a chip he can cash in any time he wants, where women are interchangeable commodities and other men are ciphers to make up the numbers, and bear witness to what he characterised as his ‘athletic’ sex The events that transpired afterwards have been rehearsed – quite literally at times – ad nauseam over 12 days in court. They don’t need to be spelled out again here. They drank, and they “partied”, and at some point when he tried to take things further, Hand stopped consenting. McGregor did not stop.
The sending of a photo on Instagram is “not an invitation to be sexually molested”. And the fact that a woman engages in risky activity such as drinking or taking drugs “does not mean they are up for sex”.
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