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Lto star of the UFC, Conor McGregor He was accused of six counts, as a result of a traffic incident that occurred on March 22 in his native Ireland. The fighter was arrested by the police of DublinIreland, in the Palmerstown section, charged with alleged traffic offences.
This Thursday, the athlete appeared before the Blanchardstown District Court, where he was notified that he has: two charges of reckless driving, driving without a license, not presenting a license, driving without insurance and not presenting insurance.
“Mr. McGregor was driving to the gym when he was stopped by Irish police for alleged traffic offences. He passed drug and alcohol tests at the police station,” McGregor’s spokeswoman Karen Kessler said in a statement.
According to the local newspaper, “The Irish Independent”, McGregor was intercepted for committing several traffic offenses between the suburbs of Lucan and Palmerstown, in Dublin, aboard his vehicle Bentley Continental GT valued at 200 thousand dollars. The car was seized by the police and was returned to him once he left the police office.
There he was summoned to appear before the Blanchardstown District Court, because he had a history related to his driving and that had caused him to receive a fine of about 300 euros (about 236 dollars) for speeding in the same point.
In the fighter’s file, it transpired that he has 18 other convictions related to his reckless driving. Besides, he already had a sentence for assault in a bar. While in Rome he was accused of getting into a fight during a baptism.
After leaving court, McGregor did not comment on the matter and only wrote on his Twitter account: “straight back to training” in reference to his return to the UFC in the welterweight division.
In the meantime, he continues his rehabilitation from a broken leg he suffered last July during his fight against a lightweight bout against Dustin Poirier It happened on July 10 last year.
McGregor, at 33, is the biggest moneymaker in UFC history. Former champion of the lightweight and featherweight divisions, he became the first fighter to hold two titles in different weight divisions simultaneously in the UFC.
However, he is in the decline of his career, since he has only recorded one victory since November 12, 2016, against Eddie Alvarez, when he won the UFC lightweight title.
In an interview with the British newspaper, “Mirror Fighting”, McGregor reported at the end of February that he would resume his training to return to the octagon.
He appeared walking, already without support at the Bellator 275 event, in the 3Dublin Arena, after suffering a broken ankle in his fight against Poirier. McGregor indicated that he wants to get back in the cage as soon as possible:
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