‘I wanted to change the stigma’: Nikita Hand on winning her civil rape case against Conor McGregor

Nikita Hand. ‘I get so many beautiful messages online. And then I would get the odd hate message, from women and men, just calling me names, horrible names.’ Photograph: Patrick Bolger/The Guardian

Nikita Hand had a compelling reason to not pursue a civil rape case against Conor McGregor. She was, in her own view, an imperfect victim.

The day of the assault, she had been partying with alcohol and cocaine before contacting McGregor, who took her to a Dublin hotel.