The jury in the Conor McGregor trial is expected to be sent out for deliberation on Wednesday afternoon. Dublin woman Nikita Hand has accused the mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter of rape after a Christmas night out in December 2018.

A High Court judge is continuing to charge a jury before sending them to consider their verdict on a woman’s civil action for damages for assault arising from being allegedly raped by Conor McGregor in a Dublin hotel.

The civil lawsuit against UFC star Conor McGregor reached closing arguments Tuesday in Dublin, where attorneys made their final pitches to the jury. McGregor and another man, James Lawrence, face sexual assault accusations in a lawsuit filed by Nikita Hand,

Conor McGregor is facing an accusation in the civil action he ‘brutally raped and battered’ Nikita Hand at a hotel in south Dublin in December.

The eight women and four men also have to decide Nikita Hand’s claim for damages against James Lawrence, of Rafter’s Road, Drimnagh, over alleged assault of her through allegedly having sex with her without her consent in the Beacon hotel.

The judge in the civil case against mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor has told the jury that their role is as judges of fact and that they must look "wholly, rationally and calmly at the evidence".

Conor McGregor is facing an accusation in the civil action that he ‘brutally raped and battered’ Nikita Hand at a hotel in south Dublin in December.

You are being sold a pup by this arrogant man,' Nikita Hand's solicitor told the jury and described Conor McGregor's behaviour as 'appalling'

Lawyer for Nikita Hand claims his client ‘will always be a marked woman because she stood up to Conor McGregor’

Jury told McGregor case ‘not about some kind of hot take, not about your gut’ - The jury began hearing closing arguments on Tuesday morning.