UFC fighter Conor McGregor appeared in a court in Dublin on Thursday charged with six driving offenses.
24.03.2022 - 07:23 / justjared.com
Conor McGregor has been arrested.
The 33-year-old Irish MMA fighter was arrested on Tuesday (March 22) for alleged “dangerous driving” in Dublin, Ireland.
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Conor was reportedly pulled over while driving his Bentley Continental GT, which is worth more than $230,000, after raking up a number of previous traffic convictions in his native Ireland, according to Ireland’s Independent.
Conor was “arrested for road traffic offenses” and his car was seized. It has since been returned.
“It is understood he has been charged with dangerous driving and will appear before Blanchardstown district court next month,” the news outlet reports.
Following news of his arrest, Conor‘s spokesperson released a statement.
“Mr. McGregor was driving to the gym when he was stopped by [Irish Police] for alleged road traffic violations,” the statement reads, via ESPN. “He passed the drug and alcohol tests taken at the station.”
This is just Conor‘s latest run-in with the law. He has made several driving offenses and was arrested in Brooklyn back in 2018 when he threw a dolly through a bus window after a media day in effort to get at UFC fighter rival Khabib Nurmagomedov. Then in 2019, Conor pleaded guilty to assault after punching an older man at a Dublin bar and was fined 1,000 euros.
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UFC fighter Conor McGregor appeared in a court in Dublin on Thursday charged with six driving offenses.
Conor McGregor has appeared in court charged with driving offences including two counts of dangerous driving. The UFC star was stopped by gardai as he travelled in his Bentley Continental GT on the N4 in west Dublin earlier this year.
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Conor McGregor has once again found himself on the wrong side of the law.
Conor McGregor was arrested in Dublin, Ireland on Tuesday for alleged dangerous driving and traffic violations.Karen Kessler, a spokesperson for the 33-year-old UFC star, told ET in a statement on Wednesday, «Mr. McGregor was driving to the gym when he was stopped by Gardai for alleged road traffic violations.»Kessler added that McGregor «passed the drug and alcohol tests taken at the station.»According to the , who was the first to report the arrest, McGregor was driving his Bentley Continental GT, valued at approximately $185,000, when detained by Gardai, which are the national police service of Ireland.
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