Jury finds MMA fighter Conor McGregor sexually assaulted woman

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Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor sexually assaulted a woman at a party in Dublin in 2018 and must pay her nearly $260,000 in damages, a jury decided on Friday. - REUTERS

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00:00Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor sexually assaulted a woman at a party in Dublin

00:06in 2018, a jury decided on Friday.

00:09He has been ordered to pay her over $250,000 in damages.

00:13The jury reached its verdict in the civil trial at Ireland's High Court after about

00:18six hours of deliberation.

00:20The plaintiff, Nikita Hand, alleged that McGregor and another man, James Lawrence, sexually

00:25assaulted her on December 9, 2018.

00:29The jury found that Lawrence did not assault Hand.

00:32Hand said that she and a friend made contact with McGregor, who she knew, after a work

00:36Christmas party.

00:38She said they were driven by McGregor to a party in a penthouse room of a South Dublin

00:42hotel where drugs and alcohol were consumed.

00:46She said McGregor took her to a bedroom there and sexually assaulted her.

00:50McGregor denied the allegation and said he had consensual sex with Hand.

00:54He also denied causing bruising to the plaintiff.

00:57After the verdict, McGregor posted on X that he planned to appeal.

01:01Speaking outside the court, Hand said she was overwhelmed by the support she had received

01:05and that she felt vindicated.

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