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Episode 762: Court hears Conor McGregor’s version of events from day of alleged rape

Day three of Civil proceedings taken by hair colourist Nikita Hand against UFC star Conor McGregor and another man James Lawrence have taken place in the High Court in Dublin.


The woman claims she was raped by both men in a penthouse hotel room in Dublin in 2018 while McGregor and Lawrence say they had sex with her but that it was consensual.


Nicola speaks to Crime World’s Clodagh Meaney who has been covering the trial.

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