Summary
An Irish civil jury ordered MMA fighter Conor McGregor to pay €250,000 in damages to Nikita Hand, who accused him of raping and assaulting her in a Dublin hotel in 2018.
Hand alleged McGregor choked and brutally assaulted her during the incident, leaving her with severe injuries and PTSD.
McGregor denied the allegations, claiming the encounter was consensual.
The jury reached its decision after six hours of deliberation.
Hand, who received widespread support, encouraged other victims to come forward, stating, “Speak up, no matter how afraid you might be.”
That’s the equivalent of giving me a $50 fine… Why do we let sports people get away with shit normal people would spend the rest of their lives in jail for? Fuck McGreggor, that dipshit needs to be locked up.
Not just athletes, but politicians, CEOs, rock stars, pretty much anyone that has money doesn’t have to abide by laws.
“If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.”
That would appear to include rape now.
For the wealthy it always has done.
It wasn’t a fine, it was compensation to the victim for the pain and medical costs she was caused, which don’t exactly change depending on how rich the perpetrator is. If Elon Musk kicks you in the shin and breaks it, it hurts and costs just as much as if it was done by a homeless person.
He should have also gotten a hefty fine and jail time as a punishment for the crime he committed though, but this was a civil case, not a criminal one for some - probably Irish - reason.