A famous mixed martial artist was placed into police custody in the French island of Corsica on suspicion of attempted sexual assault.
Irish Ultimate Fighting Champion Conor McGregor was arrested and brought before a hearing on charges of attempted sexual assault and indecent exposure, prosecutors alleged.
“Conor McGregor vigorously denies any accusations of misconduct. He has been interviewed and released,” McGregor’s spokesman told the New York Post, adding that McGregor was interviewed by police and later released.
“Following a complaint filed on Sept. 10 denouncing facts likely to be qualified as attempted sexual assault and indecent exposure, Conor Anthony McGregor was the subject of a hearing … under the custody regime,” read a statement produced by the prosecutor’s office in Bastia, the principal port of the island.
McGregor, who has had run-ins with the law before, is traveling around the Mediterranean region with his fiancee ahead of a 180-km charity voyage with Princess Charlene of Monaco to raise awareness for water safety.
