The warmth retains rising on UFC fighter Conor McGregor for his habits on the NBA Finals recreation final week in Miami.
We initially reported that McGregor despatched the Miami Warmth’s crew mascot “Burnie” to the hospital after knocking him out throughout a halftime promotion gone terribly incorrect at Sport 4 of the collection on the Kaseya Heart in Miami.
Now the previous UFC featherweight and light-weight champion has been accused of “violently” sexually assaulting a lady in a toilet on the similar recreation, in response to authorized papers acquired by ESPN.
The lady, who has not been recognized, informed police that she was separated from her buddy by Warmth and NBA safety and compelled into the toilet by McGregor. She stated that McGregor then sexually assaulted her.
“Safety refused to let [the woman] exit or permit anybody else, together with her buddy, inside the toilet,” the lady’s legal professional, Ariel Mitchell, wrote within the papers. She alleges that McGregor got here out of a handicap stall “and shoved his tongue within the sufferer’s mouth and aggressively kissed her.”
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McGregor denies the allegations
McGregor, 34, has denied the allegations via his legal professional, Barbara Llanes, who wrote to ESPN that “Mr. McGregor won’t be intimidated.”
Mitchell claims her shopper instantly contacted legislation enforcement and her legislation agency after the alleged assault, including that she has despatched a letter to McGregor warning of doable litigation and calling for him to protect all potential proof.
The Warmth and NBA each acknowledged the lady’s allegations in statements. The Warmth stated it was “conducting a full investigation” and would “withhold additional remark pending the result of the investigation.” The NBA stated it was “working with the Warmth to assemble extra info.”
McGregor has been accused of sexual assault 4 occasions exterior the U.S. however has not confronted any authorized punishment, and no less than one case was dropped.
The police investigation is ongoing.