BREAKING: Nikita Hand wins rape civil action against MMA star Conor McGregor
Jury awards damages totalling almost €250,000 following High Court trial
A woman who accused mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor of raping her in a Dublin hotel has won her claim against him for damages in a High Court civil case.
The jury in the civil case against Mr McGregor delivered its verdict this Friday afternoon following just over six hours of deliberations.
The total amount of damages awarded to Ms Hand by the jury was €248,603.60.
Mr McGregor had faced an accusation that he “brutally raped and battered” Nikita Hand at a hotel in south Dublin in December 2018.
The Irish sports star previously told the court he had consensual sex with Ms Hand in a penthouse suite at the Beacon Hotel.
Ms Hand, who is also known as Nikita Ni Laimhin, lost her case against another man, James Lawrence, who she accused of assaulting her by allegedly having sex without her consent at the same hotel.
Mr McGregor shook his head after the jury verdict that Ms Hand had won her case against him was delivered. He was accompanied by his family, including his partner Dee Devlin, parents, sister and brother-in-law.
He sat in the back row of the court, between his partner and mother, Margaret.
Ms Hand, 35, cried and was hugged by her partner and supporters.
A number of gardai were in the courtroom at the Four Courts in Dublin as the verdict was delivered.