Conor McGregor dropped from own whisky after sex assault

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The hits keep coming for embattled UFC star Conor McGregor, but the Irishman and his fiancee are still swinging.

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Dee Devlin, McGregor’s longtime fiancee made a series of furious posts to her Instagram Stories on Tuesday night, targeting the woman who accused the Irishman of sexually assaulting her in 2018.

Devlin, who has four children with McGregor, took aim at Nikita Hand in the posts, writing that her “sons will be warned women like you exist in the world” and showed unflinching support for McGregor after he was found liable in a civil trial.

“Imagine a woman, with her own boyfriend and child, texting provocative pictures of herself to another woman’s man with a family and child on the way,” Devlin wrote on Instagram. “This woman claims to know me, yet still went ahead and sent messages and pictures of herself over and over to my man? Really?

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“Whilst out on a 3 day bender, texting excuses to her own child at home where mammy is on Saturday afternoon, Saturday night, Sunday morning, Sunday afternoon, Sunday night into Monday morning. All the while out of her face in a hotel room, dancing around a hotel carpark. What sort of WOMAN are you!!!”

Devlin also alleged that surveillance footage contradicted Hand’s story and that the accuser was in fact the aggressor in the case.

“CCTV does not lie. I look forward the day the world will see the footage of you on that night and the carry on of you. Not a bother of you having the time of your life,” Devlin, 37, wrote.

“This is the real evidence, video footage no one knew was being taken in the moment which you miraculously don’t remember? To me it looks like you’re the one sexually assaulting in the lift. To me it looks like everyone is trying to get away from you.”

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Devlin closed the online tirade by pledging her support to her partner.

“Conor and I dealt with these issues privately many years ago, as should be done in a relationship and we have come out stronger than ever. We have four beautiful children now whose smiling faces and happy hearts are a testament to who he is and who we are. They without sin cast the first stone,” she wrote.

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This past Friday, the former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion was found liable in a civil case after a jury determined he sexually assaulted Hand in a hotel penthouse after a night of heavy partying nearly six years ago.

Hand claimed McGregor “brutally raped and battered” her while also threatening her life in a chokehold, leaving her badly bruised after the incident.

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McGregor claimed in court that the two had consensual sex that was “athletic and vigorous” but not rough, and she “never said ‘no’ or stopped.”

“It is a full-blown lie among many lies,” he said when asked about the chokehold allegation. “How anyone could believe that me, as a prideful person, would highlight my shortcomings.”

On Tuesday, it was announced that as a result of the case, McGregor has been dropped by Proper No. 12, the whisky that he helped grow into a worldwide brand.

“Since 2021, Proximo Spirits has been the 100% owner of Proper No. 12 Irish Whiskey,” a spokesperson told TMZ. “Going forward, we do not plan to use Mr. McGregor’s name and likeness in the marketing of the brand.”

McGregor and his partners had sold his majority stake in the company to Proximo Spirits in 2021 for $600 million US.

His character and likeness also were removed from IO Interactive’s “Hitman” video game series.

McGregor has not fought in UFC since July 2021, when he suffered a broken leg in a loss to Dustin Poirier. The Irishman had been set for a return to the octagon at UFC 303 this past summer, but a toe injury forced him to withdraw from the event.

On Monday, McGregor commented on the jury’s decision while maintaining his innocence.

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“I know I made mistakes. Six years ago, I should have never responded to her outreaches. I should have shut the party down. I should never have stepped out on the woman I love the most in the world. That’s all on me,” he wrote on X.

“As much as I regret it, everything that happened that night was consensual and all the witnesses present swore to that under oath. I have instructed my legal team to appeal the decision.”

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