Conor McGregor has spoken out after shedding a civil rape case as a feminist march was held in Dublin.
The MMA fighter was accused of raping Nikita Hand, who was awarded €248,603 (£206,000) in damages on Friday after a jury at Dublin’s Excessive Court docket discovered McGregor assaulted her in a Dublin lodge in 2018.
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Nikita Hand.
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Posting on social media, the 36-year-old mentioned: “I know I made mistakes”.
It comes as lots of of individuals in Dublin staged an illustration in “utter solidarity” with Ms Hand.
Posting on X, McGregor mentioned: “People want to hear from me, I needed time. I know I made mistakes. Six years ago, I should have never responded to her outreaches. I should have shut the party down. I should never have stepped out on the woman I love the most in the world. That’s all on me.
“As a lot as I remorse it, all the things that occurred that evening was consensual and all of the witnesses current swore to that below oath. I’ve instructed my authorized group to enchantment the choice.
“I can’t go back and I will move forward. I am beyond grateful to my family, friends and supporters all over the world who have stayed by my side.
“That is it. No extra. Getting again to the gym- the battle sport awaits!”
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Conor McGregor (centre) and companion Dee Devlin go away the Excessive Court docket in Dublin after he misplaced a civil case.
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Talking exterior court docket after the choice, an emotional Ms Hand mentioned the two-week-long civil case had been a “nightmare” however that “justice has been served”.
“It’s something that I’ll never forget for the rest of my life,” she added.
In Dublin on Monday evening, a march in help of Ms Hand was organised by the socialist feminist motion group Rosa to mark the Worldwide Day for the Elimination of Violence in opposition to Girls.
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The demonstration in Dublin.
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Ruth Coppinger (left) and Natasha O’Brien on the solidarity march.
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Individuals chanted “stand with Nikita” and “no more fear, no more shaming, we reject your victim blaming” as they carried indicators and banners by way of the capital’s streets.
Ruth Coppinger, a councillor and basic election candidate, and Natasha O’Brien, who turned a public determine after a soldier acquired a suspended sentence for assaulting her, each spoke on the occasion.
Ms Coppinger mentioned Ms Hand was “an incredibly brave woman” and that she was watching the occasion by way of a dwell stream.
Ms O’Brien was cheered as she mentioned she’d been “in awe” of Ms Hand’s braveness and that Eire had let loose a collective “sigh of relief” after the jury present in Ms Hand’s favour.
McGregor was accused of getting “brutally raped and battered” Ms Hand.
She was taken in an ambulance to the Rotunda Hospital the next day the place the paramedic who assessed her informed the court docket she had not seen “someone so bruised” in a very long time.
