He took aim at the High Court where the case was heard, claiming it was “not a court of hard evidence and truth” but a “kangaroo court of opinions and feelings”.
In an online rant posed this afternoon, McGregor struck out at Nikita Hand who was awarded almost €250,000 in damages after a jury in the civil case found McGregor had assaulted her in the Beacon Hotel.
McGregor, who was branded a “devious coward” by John Gordon SC, representing Ms Hand during the trial, also said that what his co-defendant James Lawrence, who was found not liable for damages, was “put through” was “disgraceful”.
He took aim at the High Court where the case was heard, claiming it was “not a court of hard evidence and truth” but a “kangaroo court of opinions and feelings”.
“We are not done yet,” he vowed in the bizzare rant. “Not by a long shot. No chance. On we fight! Justice and truth will prevail! Appeal! Appeal! Appeal!”
McGregor with partner Dee Devlin at the High Court
The UFC star and his associate James Lawrence were both sued by hair colourist Nikita Hand (35) who said she was raped by both men at a Dublin hotel in December 2018.
Both men denied the claims and said that the sex was consensual. All three gave evidence during the trial that commenced on November 5.
McGregor has also shared a post on his Instagram stories written by Lawrence saying he “won” his case and that he would be suing Nikita Hand who, he said, was “fully liable for all my legal fees” for “damages”.
James Lawrence
Mr Gordon, who told the jury they had witnessed stress, anger, vitriol and “serial lying” during the hearing, said his client had been “badly beaten up” by Mr McGregor at the Beacon Hotel.
Mr Gordon said she had told Mr McGregor that she did not want to have sex with him as she had a tampon in, and that they were in a friend group with his partner Dee Devlin.
He said Mr McGregor would not take no for an answer.
Mr Gordon said aspects of Mr McGregor’s evidence – including claims of “athletic” sex, that Ms Hand had “swan dived” into a bath, and that she may have been “knocked about” while being out for three days – did not answer the questions put to him in court.
He said: “You are being sold a pup by this arrogant man.”
He added: “Mr McGregor – far from dealing with it – has run away from it.”
Mr Gordon told the jury “there is no answer to his appalling behaviour”.
He said there was a “litany of corroborative evidence” confirming his client’s story, adding that she suffered from PTSD from a violent assault.
Mr Gordon said Mr McGregor’s case was built on “trying to throw as much dust in your eyes as possible”.
The jury agreed, and yesterday evening returned their verdict that they found McGregor had assaulted Ms Hand in the Beacon Hotel, awarding her almost €250,000 in damages.
The jury found that James Lawrence did not assault Ms Hand.
While McGregor appeared emotional in the immediate aftermath of the jury’s verdict in the High Court, he has since taken to social media where he has vowed to appeal the decision.
Nikita Hand pictured after her High Court win
Just hours after he left the court with partner Dee he tweeted that he felt “disappointed” and would be appealing.
He added: “I am with my family now, focused on my future. Thank you to all my support worldwide,” in the now-deleted tweet.
He also engaged in a vicious spat with Youtuber and arch-rival Jake Paul, following the verdict.
Paul had taken a shot at McGregor and UFC president Dana White on social media, posting: “Dan hits his wife. Conor’s convicted of rape. But I’m the bad guy?”
McGregor hit back in more deleted tweets by replying: “No you’re a gay little nerd,” accompanied by a laughing emoji.
Paul later added: “Calling someone gay and thinking you are hitting them with a zinger shows how cooked Conor’s brain is from all the coke. Shout out to all the nerds.”