Conor McGregor loses nearly 1 million followers since civil rape case
McGregor is back in the news with the appeal process taking place at the High Court earlier this, although the former MMA fighter was not present at proceedings.
Since the case took place in front of a jury, McGregor's social media following has gradually dropped. In November, McGregor's Instagram follower count was 47.5 million, and in the nine months since, that number has dropped to 46,520,653, per Social Blade.
In the last 30 days alone, McGregor has seen a net loss of 58,005 followers but has seen an update in the last week where he has eight days of positive growth in follower count.
Since the court case took place, there have been steady losses for McGregor on social media.
The losses are as follows
McGregor and a couple he put forward and subsequently withdrew as witnesses in his appeal are now facing potential criminal prosecution.
Three Judges of the Court of Appeal made the bombshell decision to refer documentation put forward by Counsel for Nikita Hand to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) today, following claims of 'perjury.'
The Judges made the decision off the back of claims by John Gordon SC for Ms Hand, that 'perjury' may have occurred in this case after sworn affidavits were opened in court by the now withdrawn witnesses Samantha O'Reilly and Steven Cummins.
The couple had sworn affidavits claiming they heard a row between Ms Hand and her then partner on the night of 9 December 2018, after the alleged rape, with Ms O'Reilly claiming she saw the row from her bedrooom in a house across the road.
She claimed Ms Hand's then boyfriend pushed her and she saw him moving his arms and hips as though he was punching and kicking her. Mr Cummins had claimed he was woken by screams and shouts coming from Ms Hand's house but said he did not see what had happened.
Their claims have now been totally withdrawn by McGregor - with Ms Hand's Counsel seeking an apology from him over the ordeal. It comes after Mr Gordon had asked the Judges yesterday that the court 'ought to allow me to cross-examine Ms. O'Reilly and her partner and Mr. Staines and then refer the matter for perjury proceedings to the Director of Public Prosecutions and subornation of perjury against Mr. McGregor.'
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