I just froze and I couldn’t move or breathe and I kept looking at the bedpost and thinking of my daughter. I just kept thinking I would die and not see my daughter again.”

A woman accusing Conor McGregor of sexually assaulting her in a Dublin hotel in 2018 has testified in an Irish court at the start of a civil case seeking financial damages against the mixed martial arts star.

Conor McGregor arrived at the High Court in Dublin on Tuesday ahead of a civil lawsuit over an alleged sexual assault in 2018. The Irish MMA fighter, 36, was present in court as judge Justice Alexander Owens told the jury a brief detail of the case.

Conor McGregor came face-to-face with the woman who is suing him in civil court claiming he sexually assaulted her. Nikita Ni Lamhain, also known as

McGregor is being sued in civil court by Nikita Ni Lamhain, aka Nikita Hand, who has alleged since 2018 that the former UFC champion and another man took advantage of her while intoxicated in a Dublin hotel room.