Conor McGregor has been charged with assault and criminal mischief following his antics at the UFC 223 media day.
The Crumlin native and his 30 strong entourage went nuts in the Barclays Centre on Thursday evening. They gained unauthorised access to the backstage area of the Brooklyn arena and made their presence felt upon arrival.
McGregor and co. went onto cause a huge disturbance in the loading area of the New York venue.
He turned himself in during the early hours of this morning https://t.co/GYYdDa4ybr
— SportsJOE (@SportsJOEdotie) April 6, 2018
Bins and railings were fired in the direction of a bus containing a group of fighters for the Saturday night card. It is believed that his outburst was directed at rival Khabib Nurmagomedov, who will fight for the lightweight belt against Max Holloway on Saturday evening.
The Russian fighter was involved in a bust up with McGregor’s training partner Artem Lobov recently and that was believed to have riled the Dubliner.
Khabib emerged unscathed from the incident, but other fighters such as Michael Chiesa and Ray Borg weren’t as fortunate, and they had to be pulled from their fights due to the injuries they sustained.
Conor McGregor and his crew go BERSERK in crazy bus attack! #TMZ #TMZSports pic.twitter.com/FGsTA4f0Ql
— TMZ (@TMZ) April 5, 2018
As Thursday night descended into Friday morning, McGregor turned himself into police custody in New York. After being questioned by the authorities, it has now emerged that he has been charged three counts of assault and one of criminal mischief for his role in the vandalism.
He will sit before a judge at 12 pm (Irish time) on Friday.
BREAKING… Conor McGregor has been charged with 3 counts of assault and 1 count of criminal mischief by police in New York. He was taken into custody after presenting himself at a police station in Brooklyn. He's due to appear in court in New York later today see@RTEnews
— Des Cahill (@sportsdes) April 6, 2018
