Conor McGregor lodges appeal against High Court judgment in Nikita Hand case

Conor McGregor. File Picture: Courts Ireland

Conor McGregor has lodged an appeal against the High Court judgment in a civil case which found that he raped Nikita Hand.

According to court records, the appeal was filed on Friday, February 14. The exact details of the appeal are not yet available.

Nikita Hand, 35, was last November awarded almost €250,000 damages after a High Court jury upheld her civil claim she was raped by the Mixed Martial Arts fighter in a Dublin hotel in December 2018.

The jury also found that James Lawrence, a friend of Mr McGregor’s, had not assaulted Ms Hand in the Beacon hotel after Mr McGregor left the premises.

The MMA star, 36, had previously told the court that he had consensual sex with Ms Hand in a penthouse at the hotel.

Mr McGregor has been ordered to pay the bulk of the legal costs of the case.