Conor McGregor denies girl’s assault allegation on yacht

Conor McGregor is beneath investigation in Ireland and Spain over assault allegations made by a girl who advised police the UFC fighter “would have killed me” if she hadn’t jumped from his yacht final July.

The unidentified girl claims McGregor kicked her within the midsection and punched her on his yacht after partying at Ocean Beach Club in Ibiza on July 16 for McGregor’s thirty fourth birthday. She jumped from the yacht, close to the island of Formentera, and was ultimately picked up by a Red Cross boat, per the Majorca Daily Bulletin.

“It was as if he was possessed. I knew that I had to get off the boat because I thought that he was going to kill me,” the lady advised Ireland police, in response to Spanish newspaper. “We have mutual friends and I have met him numerous times. I can’t believe what he did to me. He is a criminal. I think he would have killed me if I hadn’t got off the yacht.”

The girl mentioned she beforehand knew McGregor since they’re from the identical neighborhood in Dublin.

The girl, 42, at first declined to supply a full assertion to Spanish police, the Ultima Hora newspaper reported. However, an Ibiza choose has launched an investigation after being contacted by Ireland authorities, to whom the lady filed a criticism.

“Mr. McGregor is steadfast in his denial of all the accusations made by a guest on his boat,” McGregor spokeswoman Karen Kessler mentioned in a press release.

McGregor was charged with six offenses in April 2022 in his native Ireland stemming from an arrest for harmful driving. He additionally has been accused of sexual assault and assaulting a person in Dublin. He was arrested in Miami (2019) for swiping and damaging a fan’s cellphone and arrested in 2018 for throwing a metallic dolly by means of the window of a bus forward of UFC 223.

McGregor final fought in July 2021, struggling a TKO loss to Dustin Poirier. McGregor broke his leg within the bout and has been rehabbing.

McGregor coach John Kavanagh has mentioned he expects McGregor to struggle in 2023.