The legal hits keep on coming for Conor
McGregor.
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According to a report from Front Office Sports, the former UFC
two-division champion is being sued for allegedly sexually
assaulting a woman at the Kaseya Center in Miami during an NBA
Finals game in 2023. The civil lawsuit was filed in Florida federal
court on Tuesday by a woman identified as “Jane Doe.” The Miami
Heat, which hosted the game, and Basketball Properties LLC, which
runs the venue, are also named as defendants in the lawsuit for
overserving McGregor.
The Dublin native
did not face criminal charges in the case when prosecutors
determined there was “insufficient evidence” as well as
“contradicting and/or no corroborating witnesses” to prove that
McGregor raped a woman in the bathroom during an NBA Finals game
between the Heat and Denver Nuggets on June 9, 2023.
The alleged victim is identified as a 49-year-old woman who lives
in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and “employed as a Senior Wall
Street Vice President at a high profile financial institution.” She
is suing McGregor “for past and future medical treatment,
compensatory damages, and costs, and such other and further relief
as the court deems reasonable.”
In the lawsuit, Jane Doe claims that she was led into a men’s
bathroom stall, where McGregor attempted to force her to engage in
both oral and anal sex. The suit also alleges that venue employees
continued to serve McGregor alcohol — and that he was allowed to
serve himself — after he injured a Miami Heat mascot during an
in-game skit.
McGregor’s attorney, Barbara Llanes, released a statement
expressing confidence that the lawsuit would be dismissed.
„After a thorough investigation at the time, the State’s Attorney
concluded that there was no case to pursue,“ Llanes said. „Almost
two years and at least three lawyers later the plaintiff has a new
false story. We are confident that this case too will be
dismissed.”
The latest suit comes on the heels of a case in which McGregor was
found civilly liable for sexually assaulting Nikita Hand in a
Dublin hotel room in 2018. McGregor has claimed that the encounter
was consensual and has vowed to appeal the verdict, but numerous
sponsors have already
distanced themselves from the fighter following the ruling.