Conor McGregor has appeared to address allegations of sexual assault with a cryptic post on his Instagram account.
The UFC star is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in the toilet at the NBA Finals in Miami, Florida, earlier this month.
He posted a picture of George Clooney on Instagram, which had a quote emblazoned across it: ‘When you destroy someone’s life with lies, take it as a loan. It will come back to you with interest.’
McGregor himself captioned the post: ‘A note’.
It comes amid reports from PageSix that the Miami Heat have paused plans to partner with McGregor to make his ‘cryo’ pain spray the team’s official relief partner.
The woman met McGregor at the game at the Kaseya Center and was leaving the arena when she claims his security told her he was asking for her in the bathroom. Once inside the bathroom, she claims he forced her to perform oral sex on him and forcibly kissed her.
Conor McGregor has appeared to address allegations of sexual assault with a cryptic post
She claims McGregor then spat on her and on himself while trying to arouse himself. The woman’s attorney told DailyMail.com she went to police to report the incident but was turned away and advised to hire legal help.
McGregor denies the allegations. ‘These allegations are false. Mr. McGregor will not be intimidated,’ his attorney said in a statement when the allegations surfaced.
And the UFC star has now appeared to address the situation further.
The accuser’s attorney says she met McGregor at the game that night. He had been invited by the NBA and shocked fans by knocking out mascot Burnie, who had to be hospitalized.
According to the legal demand letters issued to not just McGregor’s attorney but also the Heat and the stadium, the woman was on her way out of the building when McGregor’s security summoned her to the VIP men’s restroom.
The woman’s attorney sent this letter to McGregor detailing the allegations, which he denies
‘After the game, and after Mr. McGregor sent the Miami Heat mascot Burnie to the hospital, Mr. McGregor elevated his aggressive, unprovoked, and outrageous behavior by violently sexually assaulting and battering this firm’s client in the men’s bathroom of the Kaseya Center.
‘Mr. McGregor, aided and abetted by the NBA and Miami Heat Kaseya security, had the victim physically forced via security into the men’s bathroom, separating her from her friend and trapping her inside with Mr. McGregor and his security guard.
‘Once isolated and trapped in the VIP men’s bathroom at the Kaseya Center, security refused to let her exit or allow anyone else, including her friend, inside the bathroom.
‘Mr. McGregor then appeared from inside the handicapped stall and shoved his tongue in the victim’s mouth and aggressively kissed her,’ according to the legal letter.
McGregor shocked fans by knocking out Miami Heat mascot Burnie at the NBA Finals
Footage shows McGregor emerging from the bathroom then approaching the woman, taking her by the hand, and walking back towards the bathroom.
In the video, she is seen following him and they disappeared behind the door. McGregor’s entourage of security guards is then shown blocking the entrance.
Once inside the bathroom, she claims he forced her to perform oral sex on him, spat on her, and forcibly kissed her. Days later, she handed over to police the clothes she was wearing at the time, claiming they prove he ‘spat’ on her that night.
McGregor’s attorneys say the footage undermines the woman’s original allegation that he and his security guards forced her into the restroom.
‘The claimant’s lawyer now has changed her story. Mr. McGregor welcomes the investigation, which he firmly believes will show the claims against him are false.
‘After not responding to the demand for money made by the claimant’s counsel, she turned to the media to apply pressure. This is no more than a shakedown,’ McGregor’s attorney, Barbara R. Llanes, said in a statement.
Other footage that has also come to light from the evening was allegedly filmed after the incident and appears to show McGregor and his accuser together in a nightclub.
According to the woman’s attorney, Ariel Mitchell, that video shows her client and McGregor were ‘visibly awkwardly interacting with each other.’ She argued that was a stark contrast to how they were interacting prior to the bathroom encounter.
‘My client has always stated that there would be video of before and after, and in those videos she emphasized that the difference in the interactions between them would be visibly noticeable,’ Mitchell said in a statement to TMZ Sports.
‘This again is another video that supports what my client has been saying and supports what she told the police since the inception of this incident.’
McGregor has vehemently and repeatedly denied the allegations – his attorney said the clip further proves the claims are false.
‘While the claimant’s story has changed yet again our account of the evening has never changed,’ Barbara R. Llanes said in the statement. ‘This video only reinforces our position. We look forward to the swift conclusion of the investigation.’
The allegations lodged against him this month are comparable to others that to have been made in the past.
In early 2019, reports emerged that McGregor was under investigation by Irish law enforcement for an alleged sexual assault of a woman in a Dublin hotel the previous December.
In October 2019, police received another complaint against McGregor from a woman who said he had sexually assaulted her in a car outside a Dublin pub.
The UFC fighter denied both claims but was at one point arrested and questioned before being released.
In 2021, prosecutors indicated they would not be charging McGregor in connection with the alleged 2018 assault.
The woman whose accusations sparked the initial investigation sued McGregor for personal injuries after the criminal case ended without charges, again alleging that he raped her in a Dublin hotel.
Those civil proceedings are ongoing, while the plaintiff granted wide discovery of materials the police obtained in working on the case. McGregor continues to deny the accusation.
In September 2020, McGregor was detained and questioned by authorities on the French island of Corsica for alleged indecent exposure and sexual assault in a bar and spent two days in custody.
Eight months later, they declared a lack of sufficient evidence to justify a criminal prosecution. The investigation is said to have included DNA collection that corroborated his version of events.
