MMA fighter Conor McGregor arrived in a Dublin courtroom as his civil sexual assault trial begins. In a court hearing on Tuesday, November 5, Nikita Ní Laimhín ’s attorney, John Gordon SC , alleged that McGregor, 36, and another man sexually assaulted his client in December 2018, The Guardian reports. (McGregor has denied the claims and has not been charged with a crime.
) While in court, Gordon said the alleged incident happened after his client met McGregor after a Christmas party. The pair went to a penthouse suite in the Beacon Hotel in Dublin. The court was told that McGregor allegedly “came on to” Ní Laimhín but she did not want to have sexual intercourse with him as she was on her period.
Ní Laimhín alleged that McGregor pinned her down on the bed. “She will tell you that she was nervous,” her attorney told the court via The Guardian , “that she tried to push him off her but she was completely unable to do so.” Gordon added, “She subjected herself to what was about to happen, which was a violent and vicious assault.
” During court, Gordon alleged that his client was “no angel” and “doesn’t pretend to be an angel”. On the night of the alleged incident, she had been drinking and had taken some cocaine. “In the face of this, Mr McGregor will tell you that this was a consensual encounter, that they were just having fun and a bit of rough sex,” Gordon told the court via The Guardian .
“That’s his answer. What did I say about com.