Conor McGregor and his rape accuser Nikita Hand weren’t entirely unknown to each other before the mixed martial artist sexually assaulted her. They lived quite different lives in December 2018. McGregor, then 30, was ‘Notorious’ – by now his world famous persona, with a fan base to boot.

A day after being found liable of assault during a sexual encounter, former UFC champion Conor McGregor called his a accuser a "vicious liar."

The court was told that McGregor allegedly "brutally raped and battered" Hand in December 2018 but the Irish sports star claimed they had consensual sex.

The mixed martial arts star denied the allegation and said he had 'fully consensual sex' with the plaintiff Nikita Hand

What started as a fun night out for a Christmas work party, ended six years later inside the High Court in Dublin, with Nikita Hand winning her case against Conor McGregor. The Dublin woman and the Irish sports star knew each other from growing up in the same area of south-west Dublin and socialising in similar circles.

A Dublin jury found Conor McGregor liable for assaulting Nikita Hand in a hotel penthouse in 2018. Hand, who accused the former MMA fighter of brutal