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WATCH: UFC Star Conor McGregor Appears To Lead Alleged Rape Victim Into Bathroom

<p>Video shows UFC star <strong>Conor McGregor<&sol;strong> escorting the alleged rape victim into the bathroom during Game 4 of the 2023 NBA finals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The footage&&num;8211&semi;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2023&sol;06&sol;16&sol;video-bathroom-interaction-conor-mcgregor-alleged-rape-victim&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">obtained by<&sol;a> <em>TMZ<&sol;em> &&num;8211&semi;captured the moment at Miami&&num;8217&semi;s Kaseya Center on June 9&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Conor McGregor&comma; Security Appears To Accost Alleged Rape Victim In Video Clip<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>In it&comma; McGregor can be seen talking to a woman whose face is blurred&period; His security then appears to assist with clearing a path toward the bathroom&period; Meanwhile&comma; Conor leads the alleged accuser away by hand&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; the video shows three men&comma; believed to be Conor&&num;8217&semi;s security&comma; standing in front of the bathroom door after Conor and the accuser enter&period; No one else appears to enter or exit&comma; but the footage cuts off soon after they enter the bathroom&period; The woman hasn&&num;8217&semi;t been identified as of Friday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This new video doesn&&num;8217&semi;t indicate what occurred inside the restroom&period; However&comma; a letter by the woman&&num;8217&semi;s lawyer says the two-time UFC world champion <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;conor-mcgregor-raping-woman-nba-finals&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;1k9ch3n&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;MTgyNzYwNjY2Ni4xNjg2OTI3MDA5&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4NjkyNzAwNy4xLjEuMTY4NjkyNzAyMC4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">&&num;8220&semi;violently&&num;8221&semi; raped<&sol;a> the woman inside one of the bathroom stalls&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;conor-mcgregor-raping-woman-nba-finals&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;1k9ch3n&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;MTgyNzYwNjY2Ni4xNjg2OTI3MDA5&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4NjkyNzAwNy4xLjEuMTY4NjkyNzAyMC4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Conor McGregor Accused Of Raping Woman At Game 4 Of NBA Finals<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1669653875396165632" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Lawyer For Connor McGregor Labels The Woman&&num;8217&semi;s Accusations &&num;8220&semi;A Shakedown&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The attorney&comma; <strong>Ariel<&sol;strong> <strong>Mitchell<&sol;strong>&comma; said her client also blames NBA and Heat staff for reportedly facilitating the attack by separating the woman from her friend&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; representatives for Conor McGregor have <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2023&sol;06&sol;16&sol;video-bathroom-interaction-conor-mcgregor-alleged-rape-victim&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">denied the allegations<&sol;a>&comma; according to <em>TMZ<&sol;em>&period; They characterized the allegations as nothing &&num;8220&semi;more than a shakedown&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement released on Friday&comma; reps for &&num;8220&semi;The Notorious&&num;8221&semi; added that the woman&&num;8217&semi;s attorneys went to the media after their initial demands for money were ignored&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;After the video was released by TMZ&comma; the claimant’s lawyer now has changed her story&comma;” McGregor’s reps said in the statement&period; &&num;8220&semi;Mr&period; McGregor welcomes the investigation&comma; which he firmly believes will show the claims against him are false&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The statement continued&colon; <em>&&num;8220&semi;After not responding to the demand for money made by the claimant&&num;8217&semi;s counsel&comma; she turned to the media to apply pressure&period; This is no more than a shakedown&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; Mitchell says her client and McGregor were partying at the club when the former champ claimed he needed to use the bathroom&period; Shortly after&comma; &&num;8220&semi;a man in a Denver Nuggets jersey allegedly told the woman&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Conor told me to come get you&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Ctjfif3u1q8" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Police Confirm Active Investigation Into Rape Claims&comma; No Arrests As Of Yet<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The woman reportedly went to seek Conor because they had agreed she would be joining him in his Four Seasons Hotel room&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;My client believed they were leaving&comma; but instead Conor took her into the restroom&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Mitchell&&num;8217&semi;s statement to <em>TMZ <&sol;em>said&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Conor&&num;8217&semi;s accuser says he had trouble maintaining an erection&comma; which allegedly further frustrated the Irishman&comma; according to the demand letter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;When the victim attempted to urinate&comma; Mr&period; McGregor&comma; instead of giving her privacy to do so&comma; pulled out his penis and shoved it down the throat of the victim&comma;” the demand letter states in part&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The victim pushed Mr&period; McGregor off of her&comma; and Mr&period; McGregor then spat on the victim and on his penis in a desperate attempt to get his flaccid penis hard&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>On Thursday&comma; police confirmed that they are and have been investigating the allegations since June 11&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; 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