By Tim Balk
Conor McGregor, the retired UFC star, was arrested on the French beach island of Corsica in connection with alleged indecent exposure and attempted sexual assault, according to a report.
A prosecutor's office said McGregor, 32, faced a police hearing after a complaint was filed on Thursday, Agence France-Presse reported.
The Irish mixed martial arts fighter was released from police custody on Saturday and wasn't immediately charged.
Conor McGregor is reportedly in trouble with the law again. Credit: AP
Karen Kessler, a spokesperson for McGregor, said in a statement to the Daily News that the fighter "vigorously denies any accusation of misconduct".
McGregor's manager, Audie Attar, said in a statement: "I am irate."
In October 2019, The New York Times reported that the Dublin-born McGregor was being investigated over a sexual assault allegation in Ireland - the second such case within a year - but hadn't been charged.
He announced in June he was stepping away from the UFC, but he has twice returned after retiring.
McGregor got into non-sexual legal trouble in New York in 2018. He and some friends were involved in a caught-on-video brawl at Barclays Centre in Brooklyn, in which they went after a bus carrying other UFC fighters, smashing a window.
McGregor initially was charged with felony criminal mischief, but he took a plea deal to simple disorderly conduct. He served his sentence by performing community service at two Brooklyn churches.
New York Daily News