Conor McGregor breaks silence after losing appeal over 'rape' case
McGregor, who was not in attendance at the High Court, lost his appeal on all five grounds that it was taken.
A jury ruled in favour of Ms Hand last November, who said she was raped by the former MMA fighter and awarded her almost €250,000 in damages.
And McGregor, who has an estimated net worth in excess of €200m, must also pay Nikita Hand €2m in legal costs.
But in his first social media post since the appeal verdict, McGregor did not mention the court hearing. Instead, he promoted his own-brand stout and an upcoming Bare Knuckle fight card, a company in which he has a minority ownership stake.
McGregor would then go on to post multiple photos in his Instagram story promoting the stout.
The Dubliner found himself in hot water with High Court Judge Alexander Owens after last year's outcome when he took to social media, saying it was a "kangaroo court".
"The social media post was constructed to be an attack on the jury and cannot be tolerated," said Mr Justice Owens at the time.
"If he did post the text, it was highly irresponsible," the judge said.
"It is most unsatisfactory that a litigant would go on to attack the jury."
In today's hearing Mr Justice Brian O'Moore was also critical of McGregor's conduct and attempt to reintroduce new evidence in the case in the form of couple Samantha O'Reilly and Stephen Cummins - who claimed to have witnessed Ms Hand possibly being assaulted by her ex partner - only to sensationally withdraw the sworn affidavits on the opening of the appeal.
The judges have referred the issue to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to decide whether any perjury was committed.
'The conduct of Mr. McGregor, in publicly introducing evidence which fundamentally called into question the correctness of the jury's verdict and the testimony of Ms. Hand which had led to it, only to abandon that evidence when it was about to be tested is behaviour which deserves to be marked by a palpable sign of the court's displeasure and disapproval,' Judge O'Moore added.
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