McGregor 'took cocaine and raped woman' in hotel
The Independent|November 06, 2024
Conor McGregor allegedly pinned down and raped a woman ina Dublin hotel while high on cocaine, the city’s High Court has been told.
ATHENA STAVROU
McGregor 'took cocaine and raped woman' in hotel

Mr McGregor and another man have been accused of sexually assaulting an Irish hairdresser six years ago after picking her up from a Christmas party. However, Mr McGregor’s lawyers insist the alleged victim is attempting extortion.

The fighter, nicknamed “Notorious”, was in court to hear Justice Alexander Owens tell the jury the alleged victim was “in effect raped” by Mr McGregor and his friend James Lawrence on 9 December 2018.

John Gordon SC for the woman in question said that the pair were known to each other. They were in the same age group, from the same area, had mutual friends and had been in contact at various times through social media. At the time, she lived in a Dublin suburb with her partner and child. She had been out with friends on the night of the alleged incident.

Mr Gordon said that Mr McGregor was “enormously famous” and was considered a “hero” around the area. He said that his client was “no angel” and “doesn’t pretend to be an angel”.

On the night, she had been drinking and had taken some cocaine. The court also heard that she suffered from depression and had been on antidepressants. The court was told that later on in the night, the alleged victim and two of her friends returned to her salon where they continued to party and at some point, she contacted Mr McGregor.

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