Just call him Teflon Con. The latest legal entanglement for UFC superstar Conor McGregor appears to be at an end.
McGregor, who is in the midst of filming The Ultimate Fighter 31, where he serves as coach opposite Michael Chandler, had been accused by an Irish woman of assaulting her during a party on his yacht as it was anchored off Ibiza, Spain last summer.
The incident allegedly led to her jumping overboard, later to be picked up by a Red Cross vessel.
The altercation, which took place in July, was not reported until much later, with the complainant initially declining to name McGregor as the perpetrator.
On Monday, per a report by The Sunday World, the case was dropped by the plaintiff. Her lawyer, Alvaro Blasco, did not comment on the matter, outside of confirming that a notice of discontinuance had been filed.
The woman’s allegations against McGregor, made at home in Ireland, resulted in an investigation into the fighter being re-opened in Spain. He had previously been ruled out as a suspect by Spain’s Guardia Civil.
With no reason given for the withdrawal of the suit, there will be speculation that the parties reached a settlement. A representative for McGregor, however, previously told Cageside Press and other outlets that the fighter was “steadfast in his denial of all the accusations made by a guest on his boat.”
In recent weeks, the plaintiff reported several acts of destruction against her property, including a brick being thrown through the window of her home, and the attempted torching of her car.
McGregor has other legal hurdles ahead, in the form of a lawsuit brought by former friend and training partner Artem Lobov. The suit alleges “The Russian Hammer” was cheated out over a percentages of the profits stemming from the development and sale of McGregor’s Proper No. 12 whisky. McGregor has denied those allegations, and won an early court skirmish that saw Lobov try and fail to go after his former friend for slander, after McGregor labelled him a rat.
