Nikita Ni Laimhan (Hand), has instructed the excessive court docket in Dublin in the present day throughout cross-examination how she feared for all times throughout an incident with combined martial arts fighter and UFC star, Conor McGregor — through which the sitting decide revealed the Dublin fighter had “in impact raped” her.
Hand, who appeared within the Excessive Courtroom earlier this 12 months in a civil case taken towards defendants, Conor McGregor in addition to James Lawrence of Rafter’s Highway in Drimnagh, alleged she was raped by the fighter following a Christmas get together within the penthouse suite of the Beacon Resort in Dublin again in December, 2018.
Showing within the witness field in the present day within the Excessive Courtroom with the civil case seen by a jury of eight and sitting Choose Alexander Owens, Hand instructed the jury how McGregor had choked her thrice earlier than raping her in the course of the alleged incident six years in the past.
Nikita Hand revealed she feared for her life throughout alleged rape by Conor McGregor
Moreover, Hand revealed that Conor McGregor had pinned her to the lodge mattress beneath him, and alleged that she couldn’t breathe in the course of the incident and the way as she continued to battle, the 36-year-old Crumlin native appreciated it. (through DailyMirror)
Confirming how she had bitten Conor McGregor in the course of the encounter earlier than he allegedly choked her thrice, Hand claimed she feared for her life in the course of the incident and feared she would by no means see her younger daughter once more.
In the course of the incident, McGregor is alleged to have instructed Hand after choking her thrice, “That’s how I felt after I was within the Octagon and I needed to faucet myself out thrice — seemingly referring to his losses throughout his profession within the UFC.
Following the incident, Hand was introduced by ambulance to the Sexual Assault Therapy Unit within the Rotunda Hospital, the place a tampon which had turn out to be “wedged” in her vagina in the course of the incident, was eliminated with forceps by Dr. Kane.
Contacting a pal following the incident, Hand alleged she had been “raped and battered” and that her physique was “black and blue”, referring to plenty of bruises which had been documented on her arms, knuckles, buttocks, forearm, and different elements of her physique, in addition to 9cm laceration o on her left breast which had been inflicted when Conor McGregor pressed a Michael Kors watch towards her chest in the course of the incident.
Beneath cross-examination in the present day on the Excessive Courtroom, Mr McGregor’s counsel, Remy Farrell was instructed by Hand who she admitted she had lied to her then-partner, Stephen about the place and who she was going with on the morning of the incident following the Christmas get together, in a bid to stop him from worrying.
Following the alleged rape, Hand messaged her boyfriend claiming she was within the Goat Grill pub in Goatstown, writing, “I’m so drunk hahah” in an admitted lie as she didn’t need to fear him.
At 4 p.m. native time, the civil case, which is predicted to happen for as much as two weeks was adjourned forward of cross-examination tomorrow.
