A woman who is suing Conor McGregor in the High Court for sexual assault has described how she tried to "talk him down" and how she did not want to have sex with him.
35-year-old Nikita Hand told the court she was at a Christmas party with her work colleagues on 8 December 2018.
Ms Hand is claiming civil damages against Mr McGregor and another man, alleging she was sexually assaulted.
However, Mr McGregor's lawyers told the court that Ms Hand, who has no automatic right to anonymity, is attempting extortion.
The fighter was in court to hear Justice Alexander Owens tell the jury it is alleged Ms Hand was sexually assaulted by Mr McGregor and another man, James Lawrence with an address of Rafters Road, Drimnagh, on 9 December 2018.
The judge said that it is alleged that the pair had "in effect raped her".
Mr Justice Owens told the jury this is not a criminal case but a civil case of assault and that if it proved the assault occurred then it is a civil wrong and that the plaintiff is entitled to compensation.
Ms Hand described how she got ready with her friends at the hair salon she worked at in Goatstown in Dublin.
The court heard she had a "few drinks" before going on to a party where she took cocaine and drank more alcohol.
She told the court she grew up in Drimnagh and that she knew Mr McGregor through friends of friends.
Her barrister Ray Boland, SC, asked Ms Hand about the messages her and Mr McGregor had sent each other on the social media platform Instagram.
She said there had been a few comments on each other's photos and that he said to her on a post "you can have whatever you want Nikita" and then on the night of 8 December he sent a message asking "where are you?"
Ms Hand described how she and some friends went back to the hair salon where they worked to "keep partying" and that at some point in the early morning she messaged Mr McGregor to send her his number.
She said she rang Mr McGregor and asked him to come get her and her friend.
The court heard how Mr McGregor turned up in a car driven by a security guard and the two girls got in the car.
Ms Hand said they were driving around for a while before going to Mr Lawrence’s house where Mr McGregor went inside for around 20 minutes. She said Mr Lawrence then got into the car, and they went to the car park of a hotel.
Ms Hand alleges that they all went to the penthouse of the hotel, which she later found out was the Beacon Hotel, and that she ended up in the bedroom of the suite alone with Mr McGregor.
She said to Mr McGregor that she did not want to have sex with him, and she told the court she tried to "talk him down", telling him she knew his partner Dee, but that he kept telling her to "relax, baby".
Ms Hand said he forced her onto the bed, pinning her down and that she put her arms up to her chest to try to stop him.
Her evidence will continue tomorrow. Mr Justice Owens told the jury that the action is expected to last around two weeks.
'No angel'
John Gordon SC for Ms Hand said that Mr McGregor was "enormously famous" and was considered a "hero" around Drimnagh.
He said that his client was "no angel" and "doesn't pretend to be an angel".
The court heard she had a "few drinks" before going on to a party where she took cocaine and drank more alcohol.
He said the jury of eight women and four men will hear evidence of how Ms Hand was sexually assaulted and left with bruises and injuries that required medical treatment, including scratches on her breast and bruises to her wrists and how she was treated at a Sexual Assault Treatment unit.
Gynaecologist says Ms Hand was 'shaking and crying'
The court heard from a gynaecologist who was working at the Rotunda Hospital's emergency department when the plaintiff presented herself there on the morning of 10 December 2018.
Dr Daniel Kane was a Senior House Officer at the time and also a forensic medical examiner at the hospital’s Sexual Assault Treatment Unit, which is where Ms Hand was transferred once she agreed to go ahead with a full forensic examination.
Referring to his notes, he said Ms Hand was "shaking and crying" throughout the medical examination which had to be paused on numerous occasions due to her discomfort.
He said Ms Hand alleged physical and sexual assault and that she was worried about a tampon that was still inside her vagina.
Dr Kane said he had to remove the tampon which he described as being "wedged" at the very top of her vagina.
There was dried blood on her vagina and a possible internal tear inside that was difficult to determine, he said, because Ms Hand was menstruating.
After a full forensic medical examination, Dr Kane noted a "multiplicity" of injuries including bruising on all four limbs, on her lower back and buttocks which were in keeping with what he described as fingerprint bruises.
She had an abrasion of nine centimetres on her left breast and another abrasion on her jaw, four of her acrylic nails were missing.
The jury was shown photographs of Ms Hand’s injuries which Dr Kane said would be described as in the moderate to severe category.
Under cross-examination by Remy Farrell SC for Mr McGregor, the gynaecologist was asked it was possible to have sex with a tampon in place.
Dr Kane said he has seen many women who have a tampon retained but that this case is the one and only time he has encountered a retained tampon post-intercourse.
Mr Gordon told the court: "In the face of this, Mr McGregor will tell you that this was a consensual encounter, that they were just having fun and a bit of rough sex. That's his answer.
"What did I say about common sense? Don't be fooled into leaving it behind in this (court) room.
"What he is saying is that she gave him a licence to carry out what has to have been a brutal assault on her body."
The defence claimed in the evidence booklet that Ms Ni Laimhin had several opportunities to complain to people about how she was treated but did not.
It will also claim that Ms Ni Laimhin is engaged in an attempt at extortion, the court heard.
Mr Gordon said that his client is being called a "gold digger and a fraud", adding: "Brave. But where is the bravery in this? Bravery ultimately sits with my client.
"Because she pursued her mission for vindication and compensation to which she is entitled. And for these defendants to breezily and cheekily dispose of her claim is something you will consider in due course."
Earlier, the jury was sworn in at the High Court and told that they are judges of fact as to what happened and will have to draw a conclusion and it will be based on their decision.
The action is expected to last around two weeks.
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