Conor McGregor ‘raped’ woman in hotel penthouse with other man, court hears

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor raped a woman in a Dublin hotel, the city’s High Court has been told. Nikita Ni Laimhin is claiming civil damages against Mr McGregor and another man, alleging she was sexually assaulted in 2018.But, the court heard on Tuesday, Mr McGregor’s lawyers say Ms Ni Laimhin, who has no automatic right to anonymity, is attempting extortion.

The fighter, nicknamed “Notorious”, was in court to hear Justice Alexander Owens tell the jury it is alleged Ms Ni Laimhin was sexually assaulted by Mr McGregor and James Lawrence on December 9.The judge said that it is alleged that the pair had “in effect raped her”.

The court was told Mr McGregor collected Ms Ni Laimhin, a Dublin hairdresser, and her friend following a Christmas party on December 8.John Gordon SC for Ms Ni Laimhin said that the pair were known to each other as they were in the same age group, from the same area and had mutual friends and had been in contact at various times through social media.

At the time she lived in the Dublin suburb of Drimnagh with her partner and seven-year-old daughter.She and had been out with friends on the night of the alleged incident.