Report: Conor McGregor civil trial set for November in Ireland over alleged assault

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Conor McGregor is headed to court in Ireland after a judge there set a trial date over damages filed against the UFC superstar by a woman claiming he assaulted her.

On Thursday, Justice Alexander Owens set a trial date of Nov. 5 in the personal injury case against McGregor, which was actually filed all the way back in 2021. Details about the trial were first reported by the Irish Mirror.

A woman, who allegedly knows McGregor, filed the grievance with the courts and she’s seeking an unspecified amount in damages. A jury will eventually rule on the trial once proceedings kick off in November.

The hearing for the case was originally supposed to start in either June or July, but McGregor’s attorney’s asked for a delay due to his previously scheduled bout against Michael Chandler at UFC 303 in June. McGregor’s attorney argued that logistically it wasn’t feasible for the trial to start with McGregor preparing to fight, and it was also possible that the former two-division UFC champion could suffer injuries in the bout.

Despite the plaintiff’s attorney’s arguing against the delay, the judge granted the motion, although McGregor never ended up fighting after he suffered a broken toe in training.

While the judge granted the delay at the time, a trial date is now set for November.

The details behind the alleged assault from 2018 have not been made public due to privacy laws in Ireland, but the woman involved in the case also sued one of McGregor’s associates as well.