Irish blended martial arts (MMA) fighter Conor McGregor “in effect raped” a lady who suffered a “violent and vicious assault” at his fingers, jurors at Dublin’s Excessive Court docket have been instructed.
The lady is claiming civil damages towards the Irish fighter and one other man, James Lawrence, alleging they sexually assaulted her in December 2018.
As a jury was sworn in on Tuesday, Justice Alexander Owens instructed them it’s alleged that the boys had “in effect raped her”.
However attorneys for the fighter, nicknamed “notorious”, accused her of tried “extortion”.
McGregor and the plaintiff knew one another, had mutual buddies, and had often been in touch on social media, John Gordon SC, the lady’s lawyer, mentioned.
She “was no angel”, Mr Gordon mentioned, and after going out with buddies within the metropolis on the evening of the alleged incident, she contacted the fighter who picked up her and a pal in his automotive.
The trio shared a bag of cocaine as his driver took them round housing estates earlier than they went to the house of Mr Lawrence, who joined them within the automotive and drove to the Beacon Resort.
The courtroom was instructed that the group, who took a penthouse suite, have been all consuming and laughing.
At one level, the MMA star went right into a bed room and beckoned the lady to affix him.
Sufferer alleges McGregor pinned her to mattress
The courtroom was instructed that McGregor “came on to her”, however she didn’t wish to have sexual activity with him as she was on her interval.
Mr Gordon instructed the courtroom that she alleged that McGregor pinned her down on the mattress and that she was “completely unable” to push him off.
He mentioned jurors will “see pictures of her hands and wrists which are black and blue. You will see that her left breast has a bloodied scratch. The scratch is there because she was wearing a watch and had her hands up to protect herself. She was pressed down on and the watch scarred her breast.
“Mr McGregor then flips her over and places her arm in a lock and attracts her up by the neck. She will be able to’t breathe. And he does it once more.
“By the third time he does it, she gives up. She can’t resist this anymore. In the course of this, he says: ‘Now you know what it was like to be in [MMA fighting venue] the Octagon when I went down three times.’
“She was at this level fully terrified. She subjected herself to what was about to occur, which was a violent and cruel assault.”
It is alleged later that she had sex with Mr Lawrence, but Mr Gordon said she has no recollection of such an event ever happening.
Woman taken to hospital in ambulance
After going home and visiting her mother, who called 999, the woman was taken to hospital in an ambulance.
The court was told that she was shaking and in pain while being transferred to hospital.
Mr Gordon said: “Within the face of this, Mr McGregor will inform you that this was a consensual encounter, that they have been simply having enjoyable and a little bit of tough intercourse. That is his reply.”
The defence claimed within the proof booklet that she had a number of alternatives to complain to individuals about how she was handled however didn’t.
She is engaged in an try at extortion, the courtroom heard. McGregor and Mr Lawrence deny any wrongdoing.
Earlier, Justice Owens suggested jurors they need to choose the case on the information and never grow to be their very own “private detective” by doing impartial analysis.
He warned the jurors to not focus on the case with their households once they return residence within the evenings, and to not ask their opinions on proof.
McGregor, sporting a white shirt and a blue swimsuit, was in courtroom because the case, which is predicted to final round two weeks, started.
