Conor McGregor deleted a vile response to Jake Paul’s tweet
Conor McGregor aimed a vile, homophobic slur at Jake Paul just hours after he was found liable of assaulting a woman who accused him of rape in a Dublin hotel six years ago.
The Irish mixed martial arts fighter was ordered to pay nearly 250,000 euros in damages after a jury of eight women and four men reached its verdict on Friday.
The plaintiff Nikita Hand alleged that McGregor sexually assaulted her and that another man, James Lawrence, did the same, Ireland’s high court heard during two weeks of evidence.
Ms Hand’s lawyer had told jurors that McGregor was angry about a fight he had lost in Las Vegas two months earlier and took it out on his client.
‘He’s not a man, he’s a coward,’ attorney John Gordon said in his closing speech. ‘A devious coward and you should treat him for what he is.’
McGregor, in an almost instant response on X, said he was disappointed jurors didn’t see all the evidence prosecutors had reviewed and planned to appeal.
Calls to Rape Crisis Centre rose during McGregor case
Calls to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre surged during the McGregor case, RTE reports.
Chief executive Rachel Morrogh told the Irish broadcaster calls went up by 17% in the first 10 days of the trial, with contact by first-time callers increasing by 50% in the same period.
She said media coverage of the case was having ‘a really profound effect on the people who use the centre’s services’.
‘This case is being directly referenced by many of those callers who are distressed at the contents that they’re reading in the traditional media, but also that they’re accessing information that has been pushed through social media,’ she said.
‘So it’s a really distressing time.’
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Noting the verdictPaul, who last week beat Mike Tyson in a professional boxing fight that shattered Netflix records, questioned how he continues to attract such negative coverage, given the records of McGregor and UFC president Dana White.
‘Dana hits his wife Conor’s convicted of rape But I’m the bad guy,’ said Paul,failing to make the distinction between a civil and criminal case.
McGregor replied almost immediately, saying ‘No, you’re a little gay nerd’ before swiftly removing the message from the platform, but not before it was captured by X users.
It is the second time in the space of a week that McGregor has caused a social media storm after he deleted a revolting tweet mocking American-Puerto Rican boxer Prichard Colon.
Conor McGregor deleted his tweet aimed at Jake Paul
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Source:: Metro