Conor McGregor’s civil trial is entering Day Three at the High Court in Dublin this morning.

The UFC fighter is being sued by a 35-year-old woman who claims he and another man raped her in a Dublin hotel six years ago.

Nikita Hand claims Mr McGregor got her into a stranglehold before she “subjected herself to what was about to happen” at the Beacon Hotel in December 2018.

Mr McGregor and the other man named in the suit - James Lawrence of Rafter’s Road in Drimnagh - deny raping her, claiming that everything that happened on the night was consensual.

Yesterday, Ms Hand gave the jury a detailed account of what she claims happened in the hotel – becoming visibly upset at times as she described the alleged attack.

The court was later shown CCTV from the hotel showing the Dublin woman interacting with several people in the hours afterwards – including images of her holding hands with Mr Lawrence and kissing him on the cheek.

Alleged attack

Ms Hand told the court that Mr McGregor pinned her on to a bed in the hotel, adding that she couldn’t breathe with his weight on top of her.

She noted that the more she struggled and tried to get away, the more he liked it.

She said she could only move her head and bit Mr McGregor, adding that he didn’t like that and flipped her around and held her by her neck.

She said he choked her three times, adding that he held the third chokehold for longer.

Ms Hand said the UFC fighter told her: “That’s how I felt when I was in the Octagon and I had to tap myself out three times”.

She said she thought she was going to die adding that she “just let him do whatever he needed to do so I could survive”.

Ms Hand said Mr McGregor then raped her, saying she felt “completely numb” during the alleged attack but adding that he had bruising on her legs, bottom and breast as well as a scrape on her chest after the incident.

She noted that she was wearing a tampon and did not have time to remove it before the incident.

After the alleged attack, she said she tried to get dressed but McGregor told her to lie down and fall asleep which she did.

Ms Hand said she later woke up in a “panic” and messaged her boyfriend. She said she told him she was having a great time as she didn’t want him to worry.

Evening

Ms Hand said Mr McGregor left the hotel with her friend that she had travelled there with and said things then began to come back to her about the attack, adding “it was like reality hitting”.

She said she remained at the hotel with Mr Lawrence and had food and drink with him, adding, “I didn’t want to go home and face reality”.

Hospital

Ms Hand said that, when she eventually returned home, she didn’t tell her partner the details of what had happened to her because she didn’t want to face it.

She went to her mother’s house and her mother called an ambulance and Gardaí.

She said she told the Gardaí that she did not want to press charges.

Later in the month, she tried to go to Gardaí to give a statement but did not go through with it.

She then made her statement to Gardaí in January.

In February, Gardaí invited her back in to make a second statement and told her that Mr Lawrence was claiming that she had consensual sex with him twice on the night.

She noted that she has “no memory of that at all”.

DPP directions

Later in the afternoon, the court heard details from two Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) letters to Ms Hand outlining why the DPP had decided not to pursue criminal charges against Mr McGregor.

第一封信指出，署长亲自评估了案件，并决定没有足够的证据提供起诉的合理前景。

The second letter said the DPP had carried out a review of the decision and decided it was correct.

它注意到劳伦斯先生声称在被指控强奸后与汉德女士发生了双方自愿的性行为，涉及大量的毒品和酒精，以及闭路电视证据显示她在被指控的袭击后的行为。

它指出，在刑事审判中对两人都没有定罪的合理前景。

汉德女士说她“真的很难过”，并补充说她当时没有看到闭路电视的录像。

中央电视台

午休后，法庭观看了案发当天灯塔酒店的监控录像。

视频显示，这群人乘坐一辆宝马轿车抵达，并搭便车前往顶层套房。

在所谓的袭击发生后，汉德女士被看到和劳伦斯先生一起走进电梯，手里拿着一杯饮料。他们俩都光着脚。

在法庭上播放闭路电视时，汉德女士说：“我什么都不记得了。”

在接下来的45分钟里，这对夫妇多次进出电梯。

视频中，汉德女士亲吻了劳伦斯先生的脸颊两次，并握着他的手。

视频中可以看到劳伦斯先生搂着汉德女士，两人都端着饮料。

当晚晚些时候，有人看到他们再次进入电梯，然后穿过酒店大堂，坐上一辆出租车离开。

汉德女士多次向法庭表示，她不记得中央电视台给她播放的任何内容。

法庭还看到了汉德女士在案发当晚与她的伴侣以及第二天早上与一位朋友的短信对话。