Conor McGregor being investigated by Irish police over a second sexual assault allegation
- UFC star is named as the ‘well-known Irish sportsman’ accused of sexual assault
Gardai confirmed to Business Insider this week that it was investigating a sexual assault in the Crumlin area of Dublin that took place on Friday, October 11.
The Times article follows an earlier report by the Independent in Ireland, which said “a well-known Irish sportsman” had been accused of sexually assaulting a woman on October 11.
The Independent added that the sportsman involved is also being investigated for a separate sexual assault incident at a Dublin hotel in December, last year. The New York Times named the sportsman involved in the December incident as UFC champion Conor McGregor.
McGregor was arrested in January, questioned by police, and released pending further investigation, the Times said, crediting four people familiar with the investigation.
The UFC president Dana White later said that Conor McGregor told him that the December sexual assault was committed by “somebody else.”
