The Musgrave group will no longer store products linked to MMA fighter Conor McGregor after a woman who said he raped her won a civil claim for damages against him.
Nikita Hand, who accused the sportsman of raping her in a Dublin hotel in December 2018, won her claim against him for damages in a civil case at the High Court.
The jury delivered its verdict on Friday. The total amount of damages awarded to Hand by the jury was €248,603.60.
Mr McGregor made no comment as he left court but later posted on social media that he intends to appeal.
Musgraves, which operates SuperValu and Centra, will no longer stock products linked to Mr McGregor. A spokesperson told the Irish Examiner: “Musgrave can confirm these products are no longer available to our store network.”
Meanwhile, the Barry Group — which operates the Costcutter and Carry Out off-licence outlets — told the Irish Times it has “made the decision to remove Forged (Irish) Stout and Proper Twelve (whiskey) from circulation to our network”.
“This action reflects our commitment to maintaining a retail environment that resonates with the values of our customers and partners.”
Elsewhere, BWG Foods has also pulled Mr McGregor’s products from its store’s shelves.
A spokesperson for BWG Foods said: “The products are no longer listed for distribution across our network of Spar, Eurospar, Mace, Londis and XL stores.”
It comes as a popular video game developer has decided to pull content featuring Mr McGregor.
The athlete has featured in multiple video games, including voice-acting a character bearing his likeness in additional downloadable content in the Hitman series. Mr McGregor’s character featured as a target for the player-controlled assassin in the game.
IO Interactive, the Danish developer and publisher of Hitman, said in a statement: “In light of the recent court ruling regarding Conor McGregor, IO Interactive has made the decision to cease its collaboration with the athlete, effective immediately.
“We take this matter very seriously and cannot ignore its implications.
“Consequently, we will begin removing all content featuring Mr McGregor from our storefronts starting today.”
Mr McGregor had faced an accusation that he “brutally raped and battered” Ms Hand at a hotel in south Dublin in December 2018.
He previously told the court he had consensual sex with Ms Hand in a penthouse at the Beacon Hotel.
Ms Hand was taken in an ambulance to the Rotunda Hospital the following day where she was assessed in the sexual assault treatment unit.
A paramedic who examined Ms Hand the day after the assault had told the court she had not seen “someone so bruised” in a long time.
