Photo: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images
After last Thursday it became known about an accusation of sexual assault against Conor McGregor during the fourth game of NBA Finals between Miami Heat and Denver Nuggetsthis Friday the chain TMZ Sports revealed a video where the fighter can be seen entering a bathroom in the compound with the alleged victim.
The audiovisual was shared exclusively by the outlet and can be seen mcgregor take a woman by the hand and lead her to the service of the Kaseya Center in the middle of a sea of people and a loud hubbub. Apparently, the incident occurred around midnight on June 10, just after the victory of the Nuggets 108-95.
In the recording you can clearly distinguish mcgregor, who was wearing a black shirt, coming out of the bathroom to talk to a woman in a white shirt. After a short exchange of words, Connor He took her hand and led her to the bathroom.
The clip ends with the bathroom door closing without anyone else being able to enter. Although the footage does not show sudden gestures that show that the Irishman forced the woman to enter, it does confirm part of the complainant’s testimony when she indicated that the security team remained surrounding the entrance to the bathroom.
Second video
However, that would not be the only video revealed by TMZ Sports. According to the alleged victim’s lawyer, she was partying with mcgregor within a club in the same Kaseya Center minutes before the supposed sexual assault. The new video shows the fighter partying around several people while holding a drink in hand.
🚨| More footage of Conor McGregor on the night of the alleged sexual assault.
1st clip: Supposedly at half time of the game.
2nd clip: The alleged victim taking a video selfie with the UFC star just moments before the alleged sexual assault.
[per @TMZ_Sports] pic.twitter.com/87ryuH2tgJ
— MMA Orbit (@mma_orbit) June 16, 2023
Expanded version of the facts
The controversy erupted days after that fourth game, in which mcgregor also went viral for knocking out the home team’s mascot during their halftime participation. Ariel Mitchellthe plaintiff’s defense attorney, made it public through a letter in which he accused the wrestler of trying to rape the woman in complicity with his security team.
The lawyer explained that during the celebration in this nightclub, the woman recorded herself in selfie mode with the Mixed Martial Arts professional. Everything took a radical turn when mcgregor He said he had to go to the bathroom and a few minutes later a man in a Denver Nuggets He approached and said: “Conor told me to go find you.”
“My client believed that they would go to the Four Seasons Hotel, since Conor had previously asked him to join him in his hotel room (…) the man with the braids then stopped at the bathroom door, when Conor grabbed my client (as seen in the video). My client thought they were leaving, but Conor led her into the bathroom,” Mitchell said in a statement.
“My client remembers having no less than six drinks that night and has admitted to the parts that he remembers,” Mitchell said. “My client didn’t even remember who took her to the bathroom until she saw this video.”
What does McGregor say?
The first position of the 34-year-old fighter’s team was to deny the accusations, claiming that they were false. However, TMZ Sports received a comment from the Irishman’s lawyer, Bárbara R. Llanes, after the publication of the video.
“Mr. McGregor welcomes the investigation, which he strongly believes will prove the claims against him to be false. After failing to respond to the demand for money made by the plaintiff’s attorney, he turned to the media for pressure. This is nothing more than extortion,” he said.
Keep reading:
Conor McGregor accused of robbery and sexual assault during the NBA finals
· Conor McGregor without support from the UFC facing judicial accusation of sexual assault: “We will let the legal process continue”
· Conor McGregor seems desperate not to get a fight in the UFC and the Miami Heat mascot pays the consequences (Video)
**