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Conor McGregor claims he was ‘Beyond petrified’ amid rape allegations, confirms cocaine use

Mixed martial arts fighter, Conor McGregor has claimed during today’s civil case brought against him in the High Court how he was “beyond petrified” to learn NIkita Hand had accused him of rape following an alleged incident at the Beacon Hotel in December 2018.

McGregor, along with James Lawrence of Rafter’s Road, Drimnagh both took to the witness box today in Dublin, facing accusations of raping the plaintiff, Hand during an alleged incident in a penthouse suite of the Beacon Hotel in Dublin six years ago.

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Making his second appearance in the witness box this afternoon in Dublin, McGregor confirmed during yesterday’s proceedings how he had engaged in consensual sex with Hand, describing the intercourse as “athletic”.