A lady who accused Conor McGregor of raping her has gained her declare against him for damages in a civil case.
A jury discovered that the Irish combined martial arts fighter raped Nikita Hand in a Dublin resort in December 2018.
He has been ordered to pay her greater than €248,000 (£206,000) in damages.
Talking exterior the court docket on Friday, Ms Hand stated her story was “a reminder that regardless of how afraid you is likely to be to talk up, you may have a voice”.
In a put up on X on Friday night, McGregor stated he would attraction against the decision and he thanked “all my help worldwide”.
“I’m with my household now, targeted on my future,” he added.
The jury on the Excessive Courtroom in Dublin had been deliberating for a day earlier than returning its verdict that McGregor did rape Ms Hand.
She had additionally taken a case against one other man, James Lawrence, 35, of Rafter’s Highway, Drimnagh in Dublin.
She alleged that he assaulted her by having intercourse along with her with out her consent within the Beacon Lodge.
The jury discovered that he didn’t assault her.
‘Justice shall be served’
Ms Hand informed reporters stated she was “overwhelmed and touched” by the help she had acquired.
She added: “I need to present [my daughter] Freya and each different younger lady and boy you can get up for your self if one thing occurs to you, regardless of who the particular person is, and that justice shall be served.”
Each males had denied the claims by the 35-year-old hair colourist and stated they individually had consensual intercourse with Ms Hand on the resort virtually six years in the past.
After eight days of proof and three days listening to closing speeches and the choose’s feedback, the jury of eight girls and 4 males spent six hours and 10 minutes deliberating earlier than returning with its verdict.
McGregor shook his head after the jury learn out that Ms Hand had gained her case against him.
He was accompanied by his associate Dee Devlin, his dad and mom, his sister and his brother-in-law.
He sat within the again row of the court docket, between his associate and mom Margaret.
Ms Hand cried and was hugged by her associate and supporters.
The jury had beforehand heard that on the day of the assault Ms Hand and her colleague Danielle Kealy went to the resort’s penthouse suite with McGregor and Mr Lawrence after their work Christmas celebration.
They gave proof of how they’d been partying all night time from 8 December into the morning of 9 December and had been closely consuming and taking cocaine.
‘Positioned in a chokehold’
Ms Hand, a mother-of-one, informed the court docket how McGregor had pinned her to a mattress earlier than assaulting her.
She was left with intensive bruises and abrasions over her physique, together with on her fingers and wrists.
There was a bloodied scratch on her breast and tenderness on her neck after she stated she was positioned in a “chokehold” by McGregor.
He denied inflicting the bruising, saying it might have occurred after she “swan dived” into the bathtub within the resort room.
Ms Hand was taken in an ambulance to the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin the subsequent day the place she was assessed within the sexual assault remedy unit.
A paramedic who examined Ms Hand informed the court docket that she had not seen “somebody so bruised” in a very long time.
The jury had been informed how Ms Hand needed to depart her job as a hairdresser and has not been in a position to work since attributable to her psychological well being, that her relationship along with her associate ended months after the incident, that she needed to transfer out of her dwelling in Drimnagh and that her mortgage was now in arrears.
She additionally stated she needed to cease seeing a counsellor as a result of she might now not afford to pay for the classes.
The court docket heard that she had spent greater than €4,000 (£3,326) on GP, pharmacy and psychotherapy prices.
