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Newsweek
03-06-2025
- Politics
- Newsweek
UFC Superstar Conor McGregor Found Liable in Civil Case, What Comes Next?
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. UFC superstar Conor McGregor was accused of assault and rape by Nikita Hand and a civil jury has found him liable for sexual assault. Hand claimed that the assault took place at the Beacon Hotel in Dublin on December 9, 2018. McGregor will now have to pay more than €248,000 in damages. Conor McGregor looks on from ringside prior to during the IBF World Heavyweight Title fight between Daniel Dubois and Anthony Joshua, on the Riyadh Season - Wembley Edition card at Wembley Stadium on September 21,... Conor McGregor looks on from ringside prior to during the IBF World Heavyweight Title fight between Daniel Dubois and Anthony Joshua, on the Riyadh Season - Wembley Edition card at Wembley Stadium on September 21, 2024 in London, England. MoreHand alleged in the civil suit that McGregor was stated to have "brutally raped and battered" her in December 2018. Initially, the UFC fighter stated that he and Hand had consensual sex at the Beacon Hotel, in south Dublin. BREAKING: No comment from Conor McGregor as he leaves court to a media flurry, — Paul Healy (@Healyhack) November 22, 2024 What Comes Next for Conor McGregor? McGregor has been steadily attempting to make his way back to the octagon and had a fight planned with Michael Chandler earlier this year. Despite wanting to return to the UFC, McGregor was forced out of action due to a broken toe. Chandler would end up no longer waiting for McGregor, and instead accepting a fight with Charles Oliveira, which occurred at UFC 309. Chandler did speak to Newsweek Sports about the potential to face McGregor, stating that the door is not closed for that matchup. However, the UFC might have to make a decision regarding McGregor's status as a fighter following his court case. The UFC knows how big of a star McGregor is, but his civil case could result Irish star not being able to fight for a long time, if at all. Time will tell what the organization does, but there is a chance that the promotion decides to move on from McGregor. McGregor has not fought since July 2021, when he lost to Dustin Poirier by way of a TKO due to a broken leg. Since 2018, McGregor has only fought four times. For more on the UFC, head to Newsweek Sports. Correction 6/3/25, 1:05 p.m. ET: This article was updated to reflect the fact that McGregor was not found guilty in a criminal case. He was found liable for sexual assault in civil court and appealed the decision in February 2025.
CTV News
29-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
Suspect arrested after 6-hour standoff in Vancouver SRO, police say
A decal on a Vancouver police cruiser is seen in this undated photo. A man was taken into custody after a six-hour standoff at a single-room occupancy building in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Wednesday. Officers were called to the Beacon Hotel on Hastings Street around 10:45 a.m. 'after a report that someone had pulled a gun inside the building,' the Vancouver Police Department said in a news release. 'When officers arrived, the armed suspect – a visitor to the building – had barricaded himself inside a room on the fourth floor,' the statement reads. More than 20 officers responded, including crisis negotiators and tactical officers from the Emergency Response Team, police said. Residents of the building – which provides housing for people with mental health and substance-use disorders, among other challenges – were evacuated as police attempted to negotiate with the suspect. The man was taken into custody shortly before 5 p.m., more than six hours after he barricaded himself into the room, according to police. The VPD said officers used a Taser and a beanbag shotgun during the arrest, and the suspect 'received medical attention for minor injuries.' The gun was recovered inside the suite and the investigation is ongoing, police said, adding that the suspect remains in custody.
Irish Times
02-05-2025
- Irish Times
Conor McGregor claims Nikita Hand's bruising may have been caused by alleged row with partner
Conor McGregor claims he has new evidence that bruising on the body of Nikita Hand , which she alleges he caused when raping her in a Dublin hotel, may have been caused following an alleged row between Ms Hand and her then partner hours later. Ms Hand has sworn an affidavit describing the new material as 'lies', her counsel Ray Boland told the Court of Appeal on Friday. Mr McGregor wants to have the new material admitted for his appeal against a High Court civil jury finding last November in favour of Ms Hand , who alleged he raped her in the Beacon Hotel in Sandyford on December 9th, 2018. The jury awarded her almost €250,000 damages . At the Court of Appeal on Friday, Mr Justice Seamus Noonan said the court would decide, during a full hearing of Mr McGregor's appeal on July 1st, whether the new evidence, in the form of affidavits from a man and woman who lived across from Ms Hand's home in 2018, is admissible. READ MORE The Mixed Martial Arts fighter denies he assaulted Ms Hand. He claims the new material came into his possession after the High Court case and provides a 'plausible' explanation for bruising on Ms Hand's body. During a case management hearing on Friday, Mr Justice Noonan said he believed a three-judge court should decide, as part of the full appeal hearing rather than a separate pre-appeal application, whether the material is admissible. The judge said it seemed that extensive bruising seen on Ms Hand's body when she was examined by a doctor in the Rotunda hospital the day after her encounter with Mr McGregor in the hotel was a significant feature of the evidence in the High Court case. Gardaí had also taken extensive photos of Ms Hand on Tuesday, December 11th, 2018. Ms Hand alleged the bruising was inflicted by Mr McGregor, which he denied. A feature of the case was that Mr McGregor had not been in a position to offer any plausible alternative explanation for the bruising, the judge said. The judge said his understanding was the new evidence was from a couple – Samantha O'Reilly and Steven Cummins – who lived across the road from Ms Hand in December 2018. Ms O'Reilly had alleged that, on the night of December 9th/10th, 2018, she had observed from the upstairs window of her house a row between Ms Hand and her then partner, Stephen Redmond. Nikita Hand speaking to media after she won her case against Conor McGregor. Photograph: Alan Betson Ms O'Reilly had said she inferred, from movements of Ms Hand's body, Mr Redmond had assaulted her on the ground and this explained the bruising on her body seen the next day. Ms Hand vigorously disputed all of this, raising issues about credibility and the fact the couple did not come forward previously, the judge said. The defence had offered an explanation for that. Ms O'Reilly had said she had sent an Instagram message to Mr McGregor as a result of publicity around the trial, he said. The evidence which the defence sought to call was clearly relevant and the court will have to determine its admissibility and credibility, which would involve assessing all the evidence in the case, the judge said. Because the issue of the admissibility of the new evidence might substantially decide the appeal and whether there should be a retrial, the motion to admit it should be heard as part of the full appeal, he directed. Mr McGregor's grounds of appeal are wide-ranging, including claims over the conduct of the 12-day High Court hearing by Mr Justice Alexander Owens. Some grounds focus on whether the trial judge erred in directing that the jury be asked to answer whether or not Mr McGregor 'assaulted' Ms Hand, rather than whether or not he had 'sexually assaulted' her. During the hearing last November, Ms Hand, a 36-year-old mother of one, said in evidence she had told Mr McGregor she did not want to have intercourse with him, she felt uncomfortable, but he 'would not take no for an answer'. She was wearing a tampon at the time and would not have sex during her period, she said. [ Nikita Hand's case against Conor McGregor challenges the myth of the 'perfect victim' Opens in new window ] Mr McGregor denied rape and said he and Ms Hand had 'fully consensual', 'vigorous', 'athletic' sex. He said he was shocked when later shown photos of bruising on Ms Hand, he had not caused the bruises and there was no tampon. When charging the jury, Mr Justice Owens told them if a person proves they were subject by another person to non-consensual sexual activity, that is the tort [a civil wrong causing harm or loss leading to legal liability] of assault. The jury found James Lawrence (35), of Rafter's Road, Drimnagh, had not assaulted Ms Hand through allegedly having sex with her without her consent in the Beacon hotel. Mr Lawrence said in his evidence they had consensual sex twice. Ms Hand said she had no memory of that and described it as 'a made-up story'. During cross-examination, Mr Lawrence, whose legal fees the jury heard were being paid by Mr McGregor, denied he was a 'fall-guy' in relation to the allegation Mr McGregor had raped Ms Hand. Mr Lawrence's appeal against the trial judge's refusal to order Ms Hand to pay his legal costs of the trial will be heard alongside Mr McGregor's appeal. How Nikita Hand won her battle against Conor McGregor Listen | 38:19
The Independent
06-03-2025
- The Independent
No further order on Conor McGregor following affidavits on CCTV footage
Conor McGregor was the 'author of his own misfortune' by reposting comments from a man who said CCTV footage from the mixed martial artist's trial would be released, an Irish judge said, while determining that no further order was necessary. Mr McGregor now faces an additional legal bill after previously being ordered by an Irish court not to share the CCTV footage which was used in the civil case against him. Nikita Hand, also known as Nikita Ni Laimhin, won her claim for damages against Mr McGregor after accusing the professional fighter of raping her in a Dublin hotel in December 2018. Ms Hand, 35, was awarded damages and costs after a three-week trial last year in which the jury found him civilly liable for assault. In January, a judge at the High Court in Dublin said the jury had 'conclusively determined' that Mr McGregor had raped Ms Hand and made an order directing the fighter not to disseminate CCTV footage used in the trial and to give back or destroy any copies he had. It came after newspapers reported on social media, comments that claimed the footage would be released that month. The comments were attributed to Gabriel Ernesto Rapisarda, who Mr Justice Alexander Owens said was a business associate of Mr McGregor. Mr Justice Owens ordered Mr McGregor to make a sworn statement setting out in detail how he deleted the footage. Ms Hand's lawyers applied for an injunction preventing Mr McGregor from disseminating the footage. The footage shows Mr McGregor, Ms Hand, the second named defendant James Lawrence and Ms Hands' colleague in the car park and lift of the Beacon Hotel on the day and evening of the incident. It shows footage of the group before and after Mr McGregor assaulted Ms Hand. The footage was played multiple times during the trial and had been put into evidence by Mr McGregor's defence team. On Thursday, the High Court in Dublin heard that Mr McGregor had completed multiple affidavits on the matter. However, John Gordon SC, for Ms Hand told Mr Justice Owens that he believed Mr McGregor was 'still in breach' of the order. The judge said the 'gist' of the order was that Mr McGregor was to delete the material he had on his own machines, return 'fobs' to his solicitor, and make efforts to retrieve the material from anyone else he gave it to – if he had done so. Mr Gordon said it was his view that the affidavits did not fulfil all those requirements because he claimed that while Mr McGregor said he did not release the material, he had not indicated that he did not cause the material to be received by someone else. 'He hasn't said he hasn't caused anybody to receive it, which is a different thing entirely.' Mr Justice Owens asked Remy Farrell SC, for Mr McGregor, if it was his position that his client had done everything in relation to the order, to which the barrister replied in the affirmative. The court heard that in one of the affidavits, Mr McGregor acknowledged that he was already bound by an implied undertaking that material for a case would not be misused or disseminated. The court heard that the affidavits contain assurances that Mr McGregor states he never had a conversation that he would improperly give the CCTV footage to Mr Rapisarda nor had he shown it to him. However, Mr Gordon told the court that Mr McGregor's affidavits were 'simply at odds' with his decision to share Mr Rapisarda's claims to 'his 10 million followers' online. He said Mr McGregor had therefore adopted and promoted Mr Rapisarda's rhetoric. Mr Justice Owens said reposting the claims was perhaps 'not the wisest thing to do'. 'He is the author of his own misfortune because he gave currency to the thing.' The judge said the matter might have otherwise 'all blown over'. Mr Justice Owens said that in previous hearings he 'wasn't prepared to take any chances with him'. However, following the affidavits, he said he had 'no reason to believe what he says isn't true'. He agreed with Mr Gordon that there was a 'certain economy with the words' in the affidavits but added: 'He doesn't waffle on.' Mr Justice Owens said all Mr McGregor was required to do was put in the affidavit, which he said contained an acknowledgement of implied undertaking not to misuse the material. He said he had to 'rely on affidavits from people generally', adding: 'I'm not a private detective or whatever.' The judge said that 'whatever urgency might have existed in January when this erupted' and when Mr McGregor was 'running with the ball' had seemed to 'have blown over' since. Mr Gordon argued that that was because of the action taken by the legal team following the threat of publication. 'If we hadn't, this would have been all over the media in Italy since the middle of January, thankfully it hasn't been.' Mr Justice Owens reiterated that Mr McGregor was the 'author of his own misfortune' and 'brought this application on himself'. He said it was 'inevitable he was going to bring this kind of trouble' by reposting Mr Rapisarda's comments which 'gave some currency to the thing'. However, he said he was satisfied with his explanation and that any further injunction would be 'completely unnecessary'. He said: 'I am happy it has been nipped in the bud.' He added: 'I don't see there is any necessity to give any further injunction or injunction at all.' Mr Justice Owens said he would award costs relating to the CCTV matters against Mr McGregor. Mr Farrell asked for a stay and the judge told him it was open for an appeal. Ms Hand had sought damages from James Lawrence for assault, but she lost that part of her case. The court previously heard that Mr McGregor faces a 1.3 million euro bill for legal costs in the case, on top of damages of almost 250,000 euros which were previously awarded.
BBC News
06-03-2025
- BBC News
Conor McGregor: Ex-MMA star obeyed court over Nikita Hand CCTV footage
A judge has said he is satisfied Conor McGregor has done what was ordered regarding the sharing of CCTV footage, which was shown during the civil trial brought by Nikita January, Judge Alex Owens ordered the former mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter not to share the footage and to give back or destroy any judge said the jury in the civil trial conclusively determined Mr McGregor raped Ms Hand in a Dublin hotel in December said it was not open to McGregor to selectively use evidence in the public arena to suit himself. The footage showed McGregor, Ms Hand and two others, James Lawrence and Danielle Kealy, in the car park and lift of the Beacon Hotel in Dublin, before and after McGregor assaulted Ms was played to the court on multiple occasions during the trial and viewed by the jury during their had claimed Ms Hand did not look like someone who had been seriously assaulted in the Hand became very upset when it was shown in court and said she was clearly very drunk in the footage. On Thursday, Irish broadcaster RTÉ reported that lawyers for Ms Hand asked the judge to issue an injunction against McGregor, which they said would further restrain him from publishing or sharing the Hand's senior counsel, John Gordon, said McGregor was not clear enough in his affidavits to the court and that he would have expected McGregor to address a specific issue about causing anybody to receive the Gordon referred to a newspaper article which referenced a claim by an Italian business associate of McGregor, Gabriel Ernesto Rapisarda, who claimed after the trial that the imminent release of the footage would increase sales of McGregor's the judge said he had to rely on affidavits from people and, according to McGregor's affidavit, he had taken the steps asked of him and that any urgency in January had now blown judge said McGregor was the "author of his own misfortune" by sharing a social media post and that he was satisfied with the counsel Remy Farrell, for McGregor, agreed with the judge that his client had done everything he was asked to judge awarded costs for this action against McGregor. What happened in the Conor McGregor case? Ms Hand, who accused McGregor of raping her, took a claim against him and another man, Mr Lawrence, for damages in a civil the Irish courts, a civil action means - unlike a criminal case - there is no automatic anonymity for either the complainant or the was ordered to pay her more than €248,000 (£206,000) in damages after a jury found he had sexually assaulted Ms jury found that Mr Lawrence did not assault outside the court following the decision, Ms Hand said her story was "a reminder that no matter how afraid you might be to speak up, you have a voice".A judge later ruled that the MMA star must pay Ms Hand's legal month, McGregor lodged an appeal against the judgment that he raped Ms Hand.
