{"id":307271,"date":"2019-03-26T12:13:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T19:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=307271"},"modified":"2019-03-26T15:09:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T22:09:57","slug":"police-investigating-conor-mcgregor-over-sexual-assault-accusation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/police-investigating-conor-mcgregor-over-sexual-assault-accusation\/","title":{"rendered":"Police investigating Conor McGregor over sexual assault accusation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor is under investigation in Ireland after a woman accused him of sexual assault in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news comes less than twenty-four hours after &#8220;Mystic Mac&#8221; announced that he was retiring from the sport of mixed martial arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conor McGregor took to Twitter late yesterday evening with the following statement <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/conor-mcgregor-says-hes-retired-from-mma-on-twitter\/\">announcing his retirement from MMA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Hey guys quick announcement, I\u2019ve decided to retire from the sport formally known as \u201cMixed Martial Art\u201d today. I wish all my old colleagues well going forward in competition. I now join my former partners on this venture, already in retirement. Proper Pina Coladas on me fellas!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rumors that Conor McGregor was being investigated for sexual assault began back in December, when longtime MMA media insider Dizz (TalkMMA) reported the allegations on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most recently a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/26\/sports\/conor-mcgregor-ufc.html\">The New York Times\u00a0stated\u00a0that\u00a0<\/a>Conor McGregor is being investigated for sexual assault allegations, but no charges have been made as of this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the usual protocol in criminal investigations in Ireland, where a formal charge does not necessarily follow an arrest, McGregor was arrested in January, questioned by law enforcement authorities and released pending further investigation, according to the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The allegations have not been proven and the fact that an investigation is continuing does not imply that Conor McGregor is guilty of a crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The woman making the allegations against McGregor said the incident occurred at the Beacon Hotel, an establishment attached to a business park on the edge of Dublin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned to BJPENN.com for further updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor is under investigation in Ireland after a woman accused him of sexual assault in December. 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Conor McGregor took to Twitter late yesterday evening with the following statement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54469,"featured_media":306548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10089,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Police investigating Conor McGregor over sexual assault accusation | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor is under investigation in Ireland after a woman accused him of sexual assault in December.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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