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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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[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 31 points 5 hours ago (5 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

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours 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.

[–] CasualPenguin@reddthat.com 9 points 5 hours ago (1 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 8 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours 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

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago

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

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

[–] M137@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours 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 2 points 2 hours 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

[–] DasAlbatross@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours 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.

[–] S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 8 hours ago

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

[–] Teknikal@eviltoast.org 17 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Scumbag, nothing else to add.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 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 2 points 1 hour 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 1 points 24 minutes 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.

[–] AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.world 48 points 9 hours ago