Conor McGregor has lost his appeal against the finding of a civil jury that he sexually assaulted a woman.
Three judges in the Court of Appeal in Dublin rejected all grounds of McGregor’s appeal.
The MMA fighter was accused of raping Nikita Hand after a jury at Dublin’s High Court found in November that McGregor assaulted her in a Dublin hotel in 2018.
Nikita Hand leaving the Court of Appeal in Dublin. File pic: PA
He was ordered to pay her nearly €250,000 (£216,000) in damages.
After the jury found him civilly liable, McGregor appealed on the basis of five grounds, one of which involved new evidence that was dramatically withdrawn at a hearing earlier this month.
Reading out the judgment on behalf of the three-judge panel, Mr Justice Brian O’Moore summarised the grounds for appeal before explaining why the Court of Appeal dismissed all five.
“I therefore dismiss the appeal in its entirety,” he said.
Ms Hand was in court to hear the judgment, while Mr McGregor was not present.
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