Conor McGregor seeks to introduce new evidence in civil rape appeal case

Conor McGregor is seeking to bring fresh evidence from two people in his appeal seeking to overturn a civil jury’s finding that he raped mother-of-one Nikita Hand in a Dublin hotel in 2018.

At a brief hearing at the Court of Appeal on Friday, Remy Farrell SC, for Mr McGregor, told Mr Justice Seamus Noonan that Mr McGregor is seeking an appeal both on the facts of the case and that a motion will be brought seeking the court’s permission to adduce fresh evidence in the case.

The case was before Mr Justice Noonan on Friday for the judge to give directions on how to progress the appeal.

Last November, Ms Hand was awarded €248K in damages after a three-week civil trial where a jury concluded that Ms Hand had been assaulted by Mr McGregor.

Ms Hand (Ní Laimhín) alleged that Mr McGregor – once the highest-earning sportsperson in the world – “brutally raped and battered” her on December 9th 2018, at the penthouse suite of the Beacon Hotel in Sandyford.

At the Court of Appeal on…