Conor McGregor lashes out on rape accuser in social media rant after being found liable for assault

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A civil jury in Ireland ruled that Conor McGregor assaulted a woman in a penthouse after a night of partying in 2018 during a sexual encounter, but McGregor says the claims are false.

The former UFC champion said, in a since-deleted post, that he would appeal the civil jury's decision, but he ranted on X earlier Saturday about his accuser's "lies."

The accuser, Nikita Hand, also accused triathlete James Lawrence of assault on the same night that McGregor allegedly "brutally raped and battered" her.

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Conor McGregor attends the "Road House" New York premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on March 19, 2024, in New York City. (Manoli Figetakis/WireImage)

Despite the court ordering McGregor to pay over $250,000, it also found that Lawrence was innocent.

"Justice was served for James Lawrence, yes! Deplorable what they done. Nikita hand, vicious liar! APPEAL!" McGregor posted on X Saturday morning in reposting a story from the Irish Independent.

McGregor also wrote that Hand had "falsely accused a man of rape and lost."

"Two men falsely accused. One vindicated, the other soon to be! Congrats James Lawrence on absolute exoneration!" McGregor wrote in another post. "Twice this heinous accusation was put to you and twice it was shown as FALSE! LIES! It is absolutely disgraceful what they put you through here. Disgraceful! I look forward to seeing you further vindicate yourself and lambast those responsible in court! We know what happened that night! Everyone present knows, yet it was ignored. Every single statement of persons present on the night was ignored. And they all disputed Nikita’s LIES!"