Conor McGregor.Photo: Stuart Wilson/BFC/Getty Images
ESPN declined to comment on the allegations.
In a public statement, theUFCsaid, “The organization is aware of the recent allegations regarding Conor McGregor and will continue to gather additional details regarding the incident. UFC will allow the legal process to play out before making any additional statements.”
The NBA has not responded to PEOPLE’s request for comment about the alleged incident.
According to TMZ’s initial report, the woman alleges through her attorney’s demand letters that NBA and Heat security helped separate her from her friend and took her to the bathroom, where the alleged assault occurred.
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In a new statement to TMZ on Friday, the attorney says her client and McGregor were partying together in the arena’s club when McGregor told her he was going to use the bathroom. Then, according to the attorney, a man in braids and a Denver Nuggets jersey seen in the video allegedly told her client that “Conor told me to come get you” and she believed she and the UFC star were leaving the arena to go “to the Four Seasons hotel, as Conor had previously asked her to join him at his hotel room.”
Mitchell, the attorney, alleged to TMZ, “the man with the braids then stopped at the door of the bathroom, when Conor grabbed my client (as seen in the video). My client believed they were leaving, but instead Conor took her into the restroom.”
Llanes, McGrgeor’s attorney, tells TMZ that the UFC star “welcomes the investigation.”Earlier in the night, McGregor made headlines with a stunt thatsent Miami’s mascot to the hospitalwhen a planned promotion for the fighter’s pain relief spray went awry and the mascot was actually hurt.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go torainn.org.
source: people.com
