{"id":361185,"date":"2020-09-13T06:24:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T13:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=361185"},"modified":"2020-09-13T06:24:02","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T13:24:02","slug":"dana-white-comments-on-sexual-assault-allegations-against-conor-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-comments-on-sexual-assault-allegations-against-conor-mcgregor\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White comments on sexual assault allegations against Conor McGregor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday night, UFC President Dana White commented on the recent allegations of sexual assault against former two-division UFC champ Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, McGregor was detained in the French region of Corsica after being accused of sexual assault and indecent exposure. After being interviewed by local officials, the Irishman was released without being charged. His legal team and management have both released statements <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/conor-mcgregor-issues-statement-vigorously-denying-recent-sexual-assault-allegations\/\">vehemently denying<\/a> the accusations against him.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the conclusion of Saturday&#8217;s UFC Vegas 10, White was asked about the McGregor situation. He claimed to know very little about the incident, and offered his help to McGregor should the Irishman need it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether you\u2019re retired or not retired you can get yourself into trouble,\u201d White said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2020\/09\/ufc-champ-conor-mcgregor-sexual-assault-allegation-dana-white-reaction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cI don\u2019t know enough about the Conor situation. I don\u2019t know about it. I know what you\u2019ve read. I\u2019ve read the same things. Conor is retired, I haven\u2019t talked to him. I\u2019m sure he doesn\u2019t need my help or advice, but if he did he can call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time McGregor has been tied to allegations of this kind. The Irish star has previously been accused of sexual assault, although he has never officially been charged.<\/p>\n<p>White was asked why McGregor has repeatedly been linked to weighty accusations of this type, and suggested controversy may come with territory for stars as big as the former two-division champ.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne time when Conor blew up and Conor was massive, he showed up one time at the venue with so much security I was like, \u2018This is (expletive) ridiculous, no one needs this much security, this kid is going to blow all his money just on security,&#8217;\u201d White said. \u201cThen me and Lorenzo (Fertitta) met up with him one night, and holy (expletive). You just don\u2019t understand how big this kid is until you go out with him. He was literally get mobbed. People were going crazy, screaming and jumping up from blackjack tables and leaving money to go up after Conor. I\u2019d never seen anything like that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou guys have to realize \u2013 imagine what it\u2019s like in Europe. There are like old people freaking out when he went by. It wasn\u2019t just young people. It was old people. That kind a life, crazy (expletive) happens when you\u2019re in that type of a lifestyle. You try to go out and you try to act normal and you try to be normal and it\u2019s hard to do sometimes. I\u2019m not defending Conor in any way, shape or form. I don\u2019t know enough about his situation to talk about it at all. I do know I have gone out with him publicly with him before and it is bat (expletive) nuts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of these comments from Dana White?<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more information on this Conor McGregor situation as details emerge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday night, UFC President Dana White commented on the recent allegations of sexual assault against former two-division UFC champ Conor McGregor. Over the weekend, McGregor was detained in the French region of Corsica after being accused of sexual assault and indecent exposure. 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