A civil case against UFC star Conor McGregor is continuing at the High Court in Dublin. Nikita Hand is suing McGregor and James Lawrence - who both deny her claim of assault at the penthouse suite in the Beacon Hotel in Sandyford, Dublin on December 9, 2018.

Last week, McGregor told the court he was “petrified” in a jail cell and worried about “dire consequences” if he didn't take advice from his lawyers. In what was his second day being cross examined in the witness box, McGregor also denied that he intended to use Mr Lawrence as a ‘patsy’ and the “fall guy” in the case - and also confirmed that he had taken cocaine in the car with Ms Hand on route to the hotel.

Later, Mr Lawrence told the court that he “for a fact” had sex with Ms Hand’s friend Danielle Kealy three times in the space of an hour - while Ms Hand could be heard “enjoying” sex with McGregor in the other room. He also told the court he felt “peer pressure” after Ms Hand repeatedly kept coming onto him afterwards - and he ultimately brought her back to the hotel room where he claimed he had sex with her twice.

The case resumed for its eighth day before Judge Alexander Owens and a jury of eight women and four men on Friday.

The jury heard from Professor Basil John Farnham regarding bruising and how often he had encountered a tampon being retained inside a vagina. The case continues today.

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