Conor McGregor Accused Of S3x Assault After NBA Game
Conor McGregor, a UFC fighter, is charged with sexually assaulting a woman in Miami earlier this month after an NBA Finals basketball game.
The alleged assault allegedly took place in a restroom at the Kaseya Center, according to a legal letter describing charges written to Mr. McGregor and obtained by BBC News.
According to Mr. McGregor’s attorney, the accusations are untrue. Mr. McGregor won’t be deterred.
An investigation, according to the City of Miami Police, has been started.
UFC confirmed in a statement that it was aware of the accusations and was looking into them further. The Miami Heat, which hosted the NBA Finals game, announced that a thorough investigation was being carried out.
The woman’s lawyer, Ariel Mitchell, said her client had been watching game four of the NBA Finals on Friday 9 June before the alleged incident happened.
In the legal letter to Mr McGregor, Ms Mitchell alleged the woman was forced into a men’s bathroom by security guards from the NBA and Miami Heat before being violently sexually assaulted by Mr McGregor.
Conor McGregor Accused Of S3x Assault After NBA Game
The letter claimed the woman was able to free herself from the bathroom, but left behind her purse, which she is said to have retrieved after pleading with security guards.
It alleges that security for the league, team and arena “aided and abetted” Mr McGregor by trapping and isolating her in the bathroom.
In an interview, Ms Mitchell said she had obtained video footage showing part of the alleged incident.
A police report relating to the incident was made on Sunday 11 June, the City of Miami Police told BBC News.
“This is an open investigation so no additional information can be released at this time,” a police department spokeswoman said.
Mr McGregor’s appearance at the NBA Finals made headlines after the Irish former champion hit the Miami Heat’s mascot during half-time, in an apparent stunt for a pain relief spray he was promoting.
The person acting as the mascot was taken to a local hospital for treatment after the incident, the Athletic reported.