Conor McGregor in 2022.RollingNews.ie
A damages claim against former Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) champion Conor McGregor will go ahead next month.
A woman has taken the personal injuries claim against McGregor following an assault she said took place at Dublin’s Beacon Hotel in 2018.
He denies the allegations.
The case had been due to be heard by a High Court judge and jury in early summer, but was adjourned to allow McGregor to take part in a Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bout against Michael Chandler in Las Vegas.
The fight was called off after McGregor, who lives in Straffan, Co. Kildare, broke his toe.
Judge Alexander Owens confirmed the case will now begin on November 5.
During the summer, McGregor narrowly avoided jail for an ‘appalling’ series of dangerous driving incidents in Dublin in March 2022 where he jumped a red light, sped in and out of traffic and almost caused a collision.
The MMA fighter asked ‘Are you taking the p**s?’ when a garda who drove at 160 km/h to catch him asked him to step out of his Bentley Continental GT convertible on the evening of March 22, 2022.
At Blanchardstown District Court on July 31, Judge David McHugh said, ‘This is an appalling series of breaches of the road traffic rules and an appalling episode of dangerous driving.’
He imposed a five-month sentence, suspended on condition that McGregor kept the peace for two years, and hit the fighter with fines totalling €5,000 and a two-year road ban.
Proceedings finally came to a close more than two years later, after the millionaire appeared at Blanchardstown District Court for several court mentions in the case.
He received a further €1,000 fine for a count of careless driving on the M50 on the same day.
A count of dangerous driving and charges for having no insurance or licence were struck out.
After the decision, McGregor, wearing a blue three-piece suit, was driven away in a Bentley convertible, accompanied by his father Tony.
He made no comment other than to say thank you to an onlooker who wished him well.
In 2018, McGregor was disqualified from driving for six months after being caught travelling at around one and a half times the speed limit near Dublin.
The court heard at the time about a dozen previous traffic convictions, which included going through a red light, driving while using a mobile phone, entering a bus lane, driving unaccompanied with only a provisional licence and parking on double yellow lines.
McGregor acknowledged outside the courtroom then that he had to slow down and ‘drive safer’ in future.
*This article was originally published on Extra.ie.”