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A gang of masked men broke into the home of a woman who took a civil case against mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor accusing him of raping her, it can now be revealed.

The incident was referred to at the start of the court case in Dublin but could not be reported until now as it emerged during legal discussion while the jury were not present.

The court heard that unknown masked men had broken into her home, smashed the windows and stabbed her boyfriend on 14 June.

Hand’s counsel, John Gordon, told Judge Owens that he was not suggesting the fighter was behind the attack but that it went some way to explain her anxiety and why she relocated from her home.

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[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 57 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I remember when McGregor was on top and I would tell people to stop cheering this racist, abusive shitbag. And I would get downvoted for it

[–] CasualPenguin@reddthat.com 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Look how many people tuned in to watch Tyson and Paul fight, giving more money to those Trump loving douchebags

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Tyson has been a meme so long that people forgot he was a convicted rapist. I had people on threads going "he's a rapist? Source" meanwhile I thought it was common knowledge.

By the way I wonder if Tyson is remorseful for his crimes. Here he is speaking about his victim years later:

"I just hate her guts. She put me in that state, where I don't know,'' Tyson said. "I really wish I did now. But now I really do want to rape her.''

Tyson has also been quoted as saying he did “four or five things worse than what I’m accused of”. To eliminate any potential uncertainty – four or five things worse than rape.

Sounds like a remorseful, lovely person /s

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Im not sure people who get punched and kicked in the face without any protection is where people should be looking for role models.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

I teach martial arts and often get asked (mainly by children haha) if I've won any fights, or been in any fights, etc. (No to either lol)

I always emphasize that martial arts is awesome, potentially great for protecting yourself, but isn't the same as "fighting people", and to get "good at fighting", real fighting, in civilized society, requires an exposure to giving and receiving violence that is really unhealthy on your soul, and you likely want no part in it.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Same thing over here. I also said it about that Tate guy.

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There's a few I currently call out and get downvoted for but it's only a matter of time. I always used to call out Kutcher as well, cause I remember the creepy interviews and Punk episodes, but since he had an anti trafficking charity, I would get downvoted for saying he was a closeted creeper. By the way it's funny looking back Topher Grace was looked at as an asshole because he'd avoid hanging out with Wilmer, Ashton and Danny. He mentioned he and those guys had different interest and values and People would say he was stuck up. Now it looks like he was the sane one who wanted nothing to do with that creepy trio.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Never meet your heroes. Please tell me Fury is okay at least.

[–] M137@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"On top" is very subjective. Billions of people couldn't give less of a fuck who he was and is, including me. Even ignoring how it was always obvious he's a bad person, couldn't care less.

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I'm not a modern UFC or MMA fan either but McGregor is a household name beyond MMA. He's in movies. Again I never watch MMA but I knew who he was just cause you couldn't escape his publicity

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have even more respect for Khabib Nurmagomedov now. "I want to change his face". Of course Khabib is probably a douchebag too.

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

"I'll make him humble".

Lol. So bad ass.

[–] AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.world 54 points 1 month ago
[–] S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 1 month ago

Is astounding how he manages to reach lower every time he gets into the news.

[–] Bruncvik@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

That's par for the course. Other accusers dropped their cases when their cars or houses got torched. During the trial, his acquaintances filmed and photographed the jurors from the gallery, until the judge threatened a closed doors trial. His close relationship with the Kinahan cartel is public knowledge. Over here in Dublin we knew him as a scumbag all his life, just most people (including me) didn't even know he existed until he became famous in the MMA

[–] Teknikal@eviltoast.org 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Scumbag, nothing else to add.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm embarrassed by how much I loved him as the villain in the remake of Roadhouse. I guess I should be embarrassed by how much I loved the remake of Roadhouse but whatever.

[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I didn't watch the movie partly because of that cunt. The other part is because of a nonsense remake. I randomly saw some of his scenes on youtube and man, he really isn't as bad as an actor/villain as i thought.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

If you think the original is funny, and I do, the remake is hilarious. They really leaned in on the over the top ridiculousness.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm still embarrassed by how much I loved the original. But how can you not love "I used to fuck guys like you in prison" and ripping out a dude's throat with two fingers?

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I do love both those things.

[–] DasAlbatross@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

I'm sure the wannabe crime lord who flies gangs of thugs halfway around the world to attack people had nothing to do with this gang of thugs attacking people.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

You have to be especially shitty to side with the guy after it's all come out.