Conor McGregor has lost his civil case in Ireland … a jury just found him liable for sexual assault.
The case had been going on all month long — after Nikita Ni Lamhain claimed McGregor and another man had sex with her against her will after a 2018 Christmas party.
Ni Lamhain — also known as Nikita Hand — alleged the UFC superstar picked her and her friend up following the holiday get-together … and took them to a nearby hotel. She claimed while there, McGregor forced himself on her on a bed in a penthouse suite. She also stated that later, another man, James Lawrence, sexually assaulted her too.
McGregor and Lawrence had adamantly denied the allegations … with the 36-year-old fighter claiming their encounter was entirely consensual.
The jurors in the case clearly didn’t believe McGregor’s side of the story, however … and awarded Ni Lamhain roughly $250,000 in damages. In their ruling, they did state they found that Lawrence did NOT assault the woman.
McGregor — who showed up to Friday’s proceedings with his longtime partner, Dee Devlin, by his side — was in the courtroom as the verdict was announced.
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He was swarmed by media members after he left the courthouse … but he did not make a public comment.
Ni Lamhain, meanwhile, thanked all of her family, friends and supporters in a tearful statement outside of the court.