Conor McGregor ordered by Dublin court to pay legal costs in rape case

[p]Justice Alexander Owens ruled that [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mcgregor-conor/zmTtk3ch/"]McGregor[/a] should pay the entire costs of the case which ran for 12 days, and have been estimated at around 1.5 million euros (£1.24 million) according to local media.[/p][p]In November, a jury at Dublin's High Court awarded damages of 248,603 euros (£206,084) to Nikita Hand, 35, who brought the successful case.[/p][p][b]The court was told that McGregor allegedly "brutally raped and battered" Hand in a Dublin hotel in December 2018 but the Irish sports star claimed they had consensual sex.[/b][/p][image alt="McGregor (R) arrives at the High Court in Dublin" id="79c734cf-089e-4c51-a0cc-f07857f8907f" credit-line="PA Images / Alamy / Alamy / Profimedia" guid="d74508a9-e17e-4407-9ad8-b846e81eb1a6" original-width="1400" original-height="933" /][p]Although the jury found in Hand's favour in connection with her accusation against McGregor, she lost an assault lawsuit against a second man.[/p][p]McGregor is one of the biggest stars in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) mixed martial arts circuit, formerly holding the featherweight and lightweight titles.[/p][p]In a statement on X after the civil case verdict, McGregor said he intended to appeal.[/p]