Michael Chiesa’s Lawsuit Against Conor McGregor Revealed
The UFC 223 bus episode isn’t in the rear-view mirror just yet for Conor McGregor. The Irish superstar was sued by Michael Chiesa after he had been injured in the dolly-throwing episode back at UFC 223, and now we have details of the litigation. TMZ was the first to report the particulars of the lawsuit in a movie which you can watch at the end of the report.
As stated by the TMZ report, Chiesa is asserting that the UFC 223 dolly episode was a publicity stunt on the part of McGregor, and now Chiesa wants all of McGregor’s gains from his mega fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov in UFC 229. According to the lawsuit, the”Son of Sam” law in New York applies to the episode, where a person convicted of a crime can’t use that crime to gain. According to the suit, Chiesa believes McGregor profited from the UFC 223 incident, partly because it attracted more attention to him and the card, and because the UFC utilized footage of the bus assault to promote the McGregor vs. Nurmagomedov struggle at UFC 229. Keep in mind the UFC 229 pay-per-view was the biggest selling PPV that the UFC has ever done, so McGregor made countless dollars for that struggle, and Chiesa needs a piece of the pie.
Will Chiesa’s lawsuit be successful? Who knows at this point, and it’s possible this is eventually settled out of court. But obviously Chiesa was given legal advice to carry this as far as he could go and he’ll attempt to make some money off of it, also it is difficult to blame him believing he had been legitimately hurt in the bus attack. Thus far, fans and press have laughed off Chiesa’s suit. But everyone needs to remember Chiesa received facial cuts at the bus strike that forced him off the card. He later fought UFC 226 and dropped by submssion into Anthony Pettis, and he should feel like he got the raw end of the offer. Chiesa is next scheduled to face Carlos Condit at the year-end UFC 232 card, but with this litigation in mind you need to wonder if it is going to change him.
As for McGregor, he is still dealing with the Nevada Athletic Commission in relation to this UFC 229 incident where Nurmagomedov jumped over the fence. It’s been rumored McGregor plans to fight in MMA again in 2019, but till we see what sort of sanction he will get for UFC 229 it’s difficult to say precisely when he will compete , and contrary to who. The bus attack obviously did not hurt McGregor’s inventory as much as it hurt some of the other fighters that day, such as Rose Namajunas, who states the bus attack mentally scarred her and who hasn’t fought since UFC 223. While McGregor has left millions since then, other fighters that afternoon including Ray Borg were severely affected by the incident, and it’s difficult to blame people who were injured from the attack to try and sue McGregor and determine what happens in the courts.
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