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is not overly pleased by how the case against him concluded.
On Thursday, the Court of Appeal in Dublin dismissed McGregor’s appeal entirely, on the grounds that his claims and complaints were not reasonable. One judge deemed the suggestion that the Dublin High Court erred in its jury instruction as “simply unreal.” As a result, McGregor was reaffirmed to have to pay roughly $250,000 in damages to Nikita Hand for sexually assaulting her in 2018. Additionally, he must shoulder the burden of the legal costs of Hand, himself and co-defendant James Lawrence, the latter of whom found not liable.
The court determined that forcing Hand to pay for legal fees would negate the financial gain received by the damages payment. The sum of those fees and costs would exceed $2 million, all of which must be paid by McGregor. On Friday, McGregor posted a lengthy statement on
decrying the appeal process while denying his liability for the assault. As a note, this was a civil trial, so there were no findings of criminal wrongdoing, although he may be facing perjury charges due to his team withdrawing evidence in the form of witness statements shortly before the hearing.
McGregor’s statement in its entirety is posted below, edited for clarity.
He was awarded his clearance in a civil trial but he was not awarded his costs!
How incredibly wrong!
To be accused of rape, win your innocence, and then be hit with the colossal bill of your defense while the lawyers and accuser who done the case against you, and lost, get their money.
I don’t think I have ever heard the likes of this.
You are out of your f—ing mind if you think I am paying James Lawrence legal costs, folks.
Who said I was paying his fees?
I said I didn’t know if I was, when the accuser’s barrister asked me on the stand, as I didn’t.
(who is paying his own fees I should have asked him at that time)???
I was on the stand in a world of fog being accused of a crime I didn’t commit, and that I was actually cleared of criminally, and exonerated by every witness present, as well as believed twice over by the public prosecutor, but still up on a stand civilly, in absolute shock.
Some say the case never went criminal because there was “lack of evidence” that is not the case. It is the opposite! There was soo much evidence! They had HOURS OF FOOTAGE OF THE “VICTIM” AFTER THE SUPPOSED ATTEMPTED MURDER AND RAPE OF HER. Partying away, messaging away. Leaving the hotel/coming back etc. up and down, in the lobby of the hotel, absolutely everywhere and back. And twice. Not a f—ing bother. Smiling, laughing, dancing, kissing, biting, play fighting. It’s some watch.
I was home HOURS and this is all going on.
All seen CLEARLY with ALL THE CCTV FOOTAGE, and backed up by MULTIPLE EYE WITNESSES.
I wasn’t even allowed to introduce crucial evidence that was a part of the criminal investigation/decision to bin it.
It’s been some eye-opener this entire process, I tell you that good folks.
What has taken place here throughout these twice thrown in the bin criminal accusations is an absolute travesty!
How people sleep at night is beyond me.
I’m sure they don’t. Not soundly anyway, no way. Impossible.
To falsely accuse someone of rape and lose, then attempt to ignore that fact/brush it under the rug is truly heinous on another level!
Regards the new claim of the witnesses who came forward, I welcome it.
I believed their claim, as portions of it was verified through the response affidavit to it. Stephen Redmond burst out the door and skidded off after they had their fight. This part was verified in the response affidavit. For the witnesses to guess this exit would be impossible in my opinion. The beginning of the fight was also verified on video record when Nikita assaulted Stephen and Stephen told her to stop hitting him. Nikita then got aggressive and said “I won’t f—ing stop” it’s all there on the recording. Then the recording stops. What happened after? It just ended after that? Little calm exit? The witnesses said they seen what happened after. Where was Stephen in the ambulance? And ever again after that? It’s obvious they had a major, major fight!
Why these two witnesses were not called, I will never know.
It was on the very morning of. They were present and very eager to testify.
It seemed they were pulled out of fear from my appointed team to be honest. For what I don’t know. These people said they seen something, let us all hear. If it’s legit, great, it sounds very legit to me. If it’s not, it’s on them.
Even Stephen, why he was never called originally also!
I am happy this is still ongoing.
Hopefully we hear from all.
I fight on with the truth and will continue to defend myself.
Ireland, amidst this SHAKE DOWN don’t let it distract you.
You can see what I am up against here and we knew this would always be the case.
WE FIGHT ON!
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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