UFC star Conor McGregor was in a Dublin courtroom Tuesday as the civil trial for a 2018 sexual assault allegation got underway.

Irish mixed martial artist Conor McGregor has been accused of raping a woman in a Dublin hotel, the city's High Court has been told. Nikita Hand is claiming civil damages against McGregor and another man, alleging she was sexually assaulted.

The fighter, nicknamed ‘Notorious’, was in court to hear Justice Alexander Owens tell the jury it is alleged Ms Ni Laimhin was sexually assaulted by Mr McGregor and James Lawrence on December 9. The judge said that it is alleged that the pair had ‘in effect raped her’.

Conor McGregor appeared in Dublin's High Court on Tuesday at the start of a claim for civil damages by a woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by the UFC star

McGregor allegedly shared a bag of cocaine with the women before going to a penthouse suite in the city's Beacon Hotel.

Warning: This article contains descriptions of alleged sexual assault; MMA star Conor McGregor is facing civil damages claims from an alleged victim who says she was sexually assaulted by him in 2018

Irish mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Conor McGregor "in effect raped" a woman who suffered a "violent and vicious assault" at his hands, jurors at Dublin's High Court have been told.

A jury has been sworn at the High Court to hear a civil action for damages against Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor and another man for the alleged sexual assault of a woman. Justice Alexander Owens told the jury that the allegation is that,

The jury is being sworn in at a civil case at the High Court being taken by a woman against Conor McGregor and another man.