DUBLIN — Mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor testified Wednesday that he had consensual sex with a woman suing him for sexual assault and said she fabricated her story. “Everything is a lie,” McGregor said in the High Court in Dublin. “It is a ...

DUBLIN– Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor denied in a Dublin court on Wednesday that he had sexually assaulted a woman in 2018, saying a civil case brought against him and another man was “full of lies”.

UFC star Conor McGregor took the stand in Dublin on Wednesday as he faces allegations from a woman who said she was raped by him in 2018.

Conor McGregor tells court the sexual encounter with his accuser was consensual, denying assault claims. The trial continues.

Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor said he replied “no comment” to more than 100 questions during police interviews about allegations he raped a woman in a Dublin hotel because he was “beyond petrified”.

Conor McGregor has said he was "beyond petrified" when he was being questioned by Gardaí (Irish police) about allegations he had raped a woman in a hotel room. The Irish mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter is giving evidence for a second day during a civil court case taken by Nikita Hand.

Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor denied in a Dublin court on Wednesday that he had sexually assaulted a woman in 2018, saying a civil case brought against him and another man was “full of lies.

Irish mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Conor McGregor has said he replied "no comment" to more than 100 questions during police interviews about a rape allegation because he was "beyond petrified".

Mr McGregor, who is facing an accusation in the civil action that he 'brutally raped and battered' Nikita Hand, is being cross-examined in the High Court on Thursday.

Mr McGregor told the court on Thursday that he had not ‘colluded’ with James Lawrence following claims made by Nikita Hand.

Ms Hand, who has no automatic right to anonymity, has accused Mr McGregor of pinning her to a bed and raping her in a hotel bedroom in south Dublin. The court was told that Mr McGregor read out a pre-prepared statement to gardaí when he was questioned about the alleged rape on January 17th,