Sources this weekend said Ms Hand has been "living in fear" since the incident at her Dublin home, which took place in the early hours of the morning in June.
The house was targeted while her 12-year-old daughter Freya was asleep in bed. A source familiar with the incident said it had left her "shell-shocked". There is no suggestion Mr McGregor had any involvement in the incident.
The Irish Mail on Sunday has learned gardaí from Crumlin initially did patrols of Ms Hand's home in nearby Drimnagh in the immediate aftermath of the attack but this protection ended when she moved out of the house.
A source told the MoS this weekend: "Nikita is afraid of being targeted by McGregor fans and is lying low as a result. There has been some support for him online, and the incident in June left her and her daughter distraught. The little girl had trouble sleeping after it and Nikita has been too afraid to return home and is staying where she is for now."
The MoS first revealed details in June of the terrifying home invasion, when three balaclava-clad men broke into Ms Hand's home at 2.20 am while Ms Hand, her partner, and her daughter were asleep.
Ms Hand's partner somehow managed to fight the men back down the stairs but received a stab wound to his stomach in the process.
A source told the MoS at the time: "The poor woman is distraught. She hurt herself knocking on the windows and shouting for help. The gardaí have taken over the house."
Nikita Hand addressing the press outside Dublin's High Court.
Despite the outcome of the civil case, Conor McGregor has received support from fans and some high-profile figures online.
Self-styled "misogynistic influencer" Andrew Tate wrote after the jury's finding: "Bulls*** ruling against Conor McGregor. We've set a dangerous precedent. It's literally impossible to be a man in the Western world."
Messages posted by Mr McGregor and his co-accused James Lawrence online - which have since been deleted - also prompted vitriolic comments directed at Ms Hand after the jury's verdict.
During the High Court hearing, senior counsel Ray Boland, on behalf of Ms Hand, told the judge before the jury was sworn that her legal team wanted to introduce an event that happened in June 2024.
He said Ms Hand's home was invaded by a group of men wearing balaclavas who were "driven out by her partner", who suffered stab wounds in the process. He said her daughter Freya, who was in another bedroom, called 999. Mr Boland said the invaders broke the front windows of the house and left before gardaí [Irish police] arrived.
Dee Devlin and Conor McGregor outside court.
He said Ms Hand's lawyers were "obviously not laying that at the feet of the defendants or saying they had anything to do with that". But he said they were making the claim that it was not an untargeted attack and that it arose from supporters of Mr McGregor.
This week the High Court ruled that Mr McGregor must pay the costs of the civil action taken against him by Ms Hand, in which a jury found the multi-millionaire fighter and businessman sexually assaulted her at a Dublin hotel in 2018.
Ms Hand sued Mr McGregor and his friend James Lawrence, claiming they both raped her. Both men denied the allegations and said they each had consensual sex with her. The jury found Mr Lawrance did not sexually assault Ms Hand.
Judge Alexander Owens said it was perfectly obvious from the jury's finding that they rejected Mr McGregor's evidence in what he described as a "most singular and peculiar case".
He noted Mr McGregor and Mr Lawrence were acting in "lockstep" in their defense of the action, and that it would be inappropriate to award costs to Mr Lawrence even though the jury found he did not rape Ms Hand. The judge said Mr Lawrence was entirely successful in defending his claim but not for the reasons put forward in his defense. Judge Owens said the fact the jury did not award exemplary or aggravated damages did not cast doubt on their finding on liability. The judge rejected an application by Ms Hand's lawyers to have the costs awarded on a solicitor and client basis - the maximum possible level.
He also said he had not decided what he would do about posts by Mr McGregor on social media after the verdict in which he attacked the integrity of the jury.
The judge indicated he may institute proceedings for contempt of court. He noted Mr McGregor was a very rich man who could well afford to pay a fine.
Mr McGregor's senior counsel, Remy Farrell, said an appeal was "highly likely". No further action will be taken until the case comes back to court on January 16.
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* This article was originally published on Evoke.ie.
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