Conor McGregor calls court ruling a shakedown after appeal rejection

The arguable Irishman, Conor McGregor, is going done different storm. The High Court successful Dublin rejected his entreaty and upheld an earlier verdict uncovering him liable for the 2018 ******* assault. According to the decision, helium indispensable wage EUR 250,000 successful damages and screen each ineligible costs.

On societal networks, the 36-year-old called everything a "shake down" and claimed that it was axenic extortion. "Ireland, successful the midst of this extortion, don't beryllium fooled. You spot what I'm up against, and we knew it would beryllium similar this. Let's combat on!" helium told his compatriots, trying to represent himself arsenic a unfortunate of the system.

In the publications, the experienced combatant besides claimed that helium was "in a fog" during the grounds and that helium did not cognize that helium was paying the costs to co-accused James Lawrence. The court, however, recovered that Lawrence had fixed mendacious grounds and that his fiscal transportation with McGregor was clear.

Legal battles and governmental ambitions

There were ne'er immoderate transgression charges successful this case, but successful Irish instrumentality helium inactive carries the statement of being liable for rape. His ineligible squad tried to situation the verdict with further testimony, including claims that the unfortunate had antecedently had a carnal struggle with her partner. However, these claims did not participate the last signifier of the proceedings.

The justice intelligibly emphasized to the assemblage the quality of the accusations, saying that according to the unfortunate she was "violently raped". Defense claims that the assemblage was confused astir the presumption "assault" and "****** assault" were rejected.

The erstwhile UFC champion has not appeared successful the octagon since 2021, erstwhile helium broke his limb successful the trilogy against Dustin Poirier. His instrumentality against Michael Chandler astatine UFC 303 fell done owed to a toed injury. And portion helium speaks publically astir his governmental plans, polls amusement that lone 7% of Irish radical would enactment him for president, which casts a shadiness implicit his ambitions.