McGregor to sue Sky News for defamation over claims he was called a rapist by reporter after Nikita Hand case

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McGregor alleges a Sky News reporter called out to him “through a media scrum that he was a rapist”

Conor McGregor. Photo: PA

Conor McGregor has been granted permission to serve legal papers on Sky News for an alleged defamation he claims occurred in the immediate aftermath of his trial last year, after which he was found civilly liable for the rape of Nikita Hand in a Dublin hotel room.

At the High Court today, Paul O’Higgins SC, appearing with Mark Lynam SC for Mr McGregor, successfully applied to Ms Justice Mary Rose Gearty to serve plenary summons papers outside of the jurisdiction to intended defendants Sky News UK and Sky News Ltd.