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Conor McGregoris denying allegations that he assaulted a woman while they were aboard a yacht last July in Ibiza.
According to Spanish newspaperUltima Hora, a judge is now taking a second look at a case in which an Irish woman has alleged that the 34-year-old MMA pro punched and threatened to drown her while they were celebrating his birthday on the boat.
The woman initially accused another man of the assault butnew details about the alleged incidenthave prompted the judge to reopen the case.
A spokesperson for the Irish athlete said he denies the charges.
According to the newspaper, the unnamed woman told authorities that she met McGregor at an Ibiza club where he recognized her from their Dublin neighborhood. McGregor allegedly invited the woman to the VIP area and then onto his yacht along with his girlfriend and friends.
The woman alleges that the next morning, McGregor punched her in the stomach and chin, and threatened to drown her. She said she jumped into the water to escape him, after which a Red Cross boat rescued her,Ultima Horareported.
According to the outlet, the woman didn’t accuse the athlete at first because she was in shock and wanted to return to her hotel quickly, and that she was only wearing a bikini and had neither money nor a phone with her.
“Conor went in on it a little bit,” the source said, noting that the fighter dropped his cane, then retrieved it and began swinging it in Kelly’s direction.
A rep for Kelly did not immediately respond to a request for comment at the time, and a rep for McGregor denied he asked for a photo.
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In 2019, McGregor pleaded guilty toassaulting a man at The Marble Arch Puband was fined €1,000, according to The Irish Independent. During his hearing, the court revealed that McGregor had 18 prior convictions, many of them for traffic offenses.
In April 2018, McGregor was arrested in New York City forattacking a UFC busand injuring fighter Michael Chiesa, who suffered multiple cuts to his face.McGregor was charged with three counts of assaultand one count of criminal mischief; charges which were later dropped.
source: people.com
