Former UFC and mixed Martial Arts Champion, Conor McGregor has been arrested in France recently in connection with accusations of attempted sexual assault and indecent exposure, upon which a complaint was filed days before his arrest.
According to TMZ, the attempted assault happened in a bar, according but no other details about the incident have been ascertained. McGregor is currently detained on the island of Corsica, where he was having his vacation.
In an email sent to TheWrap, McGregors spokesperson said: “Conor McGregor vigorously denies any accusation of misconduct. He has been interviewed and released.”
In a statement released to TheWrap, Audie Attar, Chief Executive of McGregors management firm, Los Angeles-based Paradigm Sports Management said: “I am irate and putting out a warning loud and clear: Conor McGregor is not and will not be a target for those seeking to score a headline or a payday.”
Also, Corsica officials published a statement to the Agence France-Presse newswire service to confirm that McGregor was taken into custody. The statement read: “Following a complaint filed on September 10 denouncing acts that could be described as attempted sexual assault and sexual exhibition, Mr. Conor Anthony Mac Gregor was the subject of a hearing by the gendarmerie services.”
McGregor is not new to encounters with the law or complaints of domestic violence. As a matter of fact, he was arrested last March on a felony robbery charge in Miami after he smashed a fans cell phone. He was investigated for a reported sexual assault that was said to have occurred last year at a hotel in Ireland.
Following his retirement from MMA fighting after he won a match against Donald Cowboy Cerrone in UFC 246 by TKO in January 2019, McGregor hinted about a possible return to the sport by tweeting that had allowed the UFC’s drug testers i to his yacht to take his samples.
