Conor McGregor loses appeal in civil rape case
Mr McGregor, 37, was ordered to pay nearly €250,000 in damages, plus costs, to Nikita Hand last November, after she accused him of raping her in a hotel in Dublin.
McGregor denied the allegation and said he had 'fully consensual sex' with the plaintiff, also known as Nikita Ni Laimhin.
He also denied causing bruising to the plaintiff.
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Nikita Hand alleged that McGregor sexually assaulted her on December 9, 2018, and that another man, James Lawrence, did the same, Ireland's high court heard over two weeks of evidence.
Ms Hand said that she and a friend made contact with McGregor, who she knew, after a work Christmas party.
She said they were driven by McGregor to a party in a penthouse room of a south Dublin hotel where drugs and alcohol were consumed.
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