Conor McGregor’s appeal in last year’s civil rape case involving Nikita Hand took place this week in Ireland.
Last year, McGregor was found liable in a case involving Hand over a December 2018 incident at a hotel and was ordered to pay damages.
Earlier this week, McGregor’s legal team withdrew an application to introduce new evidence involving former neighbors of Hand.
From The BBC:
The proposed evidence was from a couple, Samantha O’Reilly and Steven Cummins, who are former neighbours of Nikita Hand.
A previous preliminary hearing was told that they claimed to have witnessed a row between Ms Hand and her former partner Stephen Redmond in December 2018.
The court heard McGregor believed the new evidence suggested that bruising on Nikita Hand’s body could have been caused by her former partner.
In an affidavit, Ms Hand had described the allegations as untrue and lies.
A lawyer for Ms Hand said she had responded to the suggested new evidence by saying it was “all lies” and that had now been conceded.
He also said McGregor should be referred for “subornation of perjury”, meaning inducing people to commit perjury.
McGregor has also abandoned an application to introduce new evidence from the former state pathologist for Northern Ireland Prof Jack Crane.
On Wednesday, it was decided that the Court of Appeal would refer to the DPP (Director of Public Prosecutions) regarding the matter of McGregor’s withdrawal to introduce new evidence.
The Court of Appeal hearing wrapped on Wednesday with a decision to be rendered later.
