Conor
McGregor won’t face criminal charges for an
alleged sexual assault of a woman in a bathroom during a Miami
Heat game earlier this year.
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According to a closeout memo obtained by
TMZ Sports, prosecutors determined that there was “insufficient
evidence” as well as “contradicting and/or no corroborating
witnesses” to prove that McGregor raped a women in the bathroom
during an NBA Finals game between the Miami Heat and Denver Nuggets
on June 9.
Prosecutors reportedly reviewed video footage from the Kaseya
Center on the night of the incident. Video confirmed that McGregor
and the woman entered the men’s restroom together for approximately
five minutes, and they were later seen together at a club within
the venue. However, when prosecutors interviewed a bathroom
attendant, he revealed that he “did not hear any signs of distress
or sounds that corroborate that whatever was occurring was not
consensual” when McGregor and his accuser entered a stall
together.
Meanwhile, the woman’s friend told prosecutors that the alleged
victim never mentioned that she had been attacked, and the accuser
later called her mother that night “tell her she had met” the
former UFC champion. The memo also states that the woman asked
detectives if they believed McGregor “would like to ‘settle or ‘pay
her off’ if she did not pursue charges.”
All of the above helped prosecutors decide not to pursue charges
against McGregor, who was in Miami that night for a halftime skit
where he knocked out the Miami Heat mascot.
“In light of the above facts and circumstances,” prosecutors wrote
in the memo, “the State would not be able to satisfy its burden of
proof beyond a reasonable doubt.”
Barbara Lllanes, McGregor’s attorney, provided a statement to TMZ
Sports.
“After a thorough investigation, including a review of videos and
interviews with eyewitnesses, the authorities have concluded that
there is no case to pursue against my client, Conor
McGregor,” Llanes wrote. “On behalf of my client, his family
and his fans we are pleased this is now over.”
McGregor has since appeared on “The Ultimate Fighter 31” as a coach
against Michael
Chandler. The Dublin native is expected to make his UFC return
sometime in 2024 after recently re-entering the USADA drug testing
pool.