Conor McGregor’s appeal has reportedly been denied in a civil sexual assault case.
According to the BBC, and multiple other news outlets, three senior judges at the Court of Appeal in Dublin dismissed the appeal “on all grounds.” The former two-division UFC champ was found liable of sexual assault in a civil trial filed against him this past November.
McGregor was accused of sexually assaulting Nakita Hand in a Dublin hotel in 2018, and after the jury handed down their verdict, McGregor was ordered to pay Hand £206,000 ($271,742.84).
“This appeal has retraumatized me over and over again, being forced to relive it, what happened has had a huge impact on me,” Hand said outside court.
“To every survivor out there, I know how hard it is, but please, don’t be silenced. You deserve to be heard, you also deserve justice. Today, I can finally move on and try to heal,” Hand added.
McGregor didn’t appear at the appeal hearing.
Following the verdict, McGregor said he would appeal the decision, citing he was “disappointed that the jury did not hear all the evidence that the DPP reviewed.” According to the BBC, McGregor’s appeal stemmed from his attorneys feeling his answers during interviews with police “should not have been put before the jury.”
During the trial, Hand claimed that she later told a friend that McGregor “raped and battered” her in the alleged incident at the Beacon Hotel penthouse suite in Sandyford, Dublin.
McGregor would testify that the acts were consensual, and the sex was “athletic, physical,” but denied assaulting Hand, and then telling Hand’s attorney that “everything is a lie.”
As of now, McGregor has not responded to the appeal being denied.
