EXCLUSIVEMultiple Conor McGregor accusers have been victims of break-ins, arson and their loved ones have been stabbed in shocking violence AFTER they bravely came forward

Battered, bruised and cradling a suspected broken arm, Samantha Murphy limped into her Spanish hotel with no cash, no mobile phone and wearing only her bikini.

The Irishwoman, then 40, would tell police the extraordinary story of how, in an act of desperation, she had just leapt from Conor McGregors yacht into the Mediterranean because she thought he was going to kill me.

Samantha flagged down a passing boat and claimed that a possessed McGregor had beaten her up off the coast of Formentera, a small island just 15 miles from Ibiza. 

She alleged that the MMA star had punched, kicked and threatened to drown her before she leapt off his yacht to escape, breaking her arm in the process, following his 34th birthday celebrations in the summer of 2022.

I knew I had to leave the boat because I thought he was going to kill me. They wouldnt even abandon a dog the way they did me, she would later reportedly tell detectives.

Samantha, from Dublin, is one of five women who claimed to have been attacked by McGregor since 2018. The first, Nikita Hand, last week won her civil claim against him and was awarded almost €250,000 (£210,000) in damages after accusing him of rape. 

And while both women shared the view that McGregor had hurt them, they also shared another chilling similarity. Both were victims of violent crimes after their claims were made public and cases against him were close to being heard in court.

• Ms Hand revealed during her recent court case that her partner had been stabbed when masked men invaded their home earlier this year in the months before she faced McGregor in court;
• Samantha Murphys car was torched and a brick was hurled through her window in the weeks before the first hearing in a civil claim against McGregor. Samantha  discontinued her case shortly afterwards.

An Irish woman claimed a possessed Conor McGregor attacked her on his yacht during a party in Spain. Pictured: McGregor is seen on his yacht in Ibiza in July 2022

Samantha Murphy claimed she jumped off his boat (pictured in St Tropez) to escape, and broke her arm in the process

Nikita Hand (pictured outside court) who successfully sued Mr McGregor for rape. Her boyfriend was stabbed in an attack on their home before the case was heard

The mixed martial arts star has vehemently denied attacking any of his alleged victims. 

Police have never pursued any of the cases against him and last night he confirmed he had instructed his lawyers to appeal Ms Hands Dublin High Court victory, having branded her a liar.

In one case police said that they were confident he wasnt responsible. 

Samantha Murphys claims and the chaos off the Ibizan coast is back in the spotlight following Nikita Hands legal victory in the Irish capital on Friday.

Samantha had said that she and several others had been invited back to McGregors yacht as part of his 34th birthday celebrations in the summer of 2022.

But she said that things turned violent and she suffered a broken arm and extensive bruising after leaping from the yacht to escape.

Police on the holiday island began to investigate the claims when she went to hospital for treatment.

At the time they confirmed that an Irish national was being investigated for a crime of wounding. 

But Spanish officers would soon rule out that the perpetrator was McGregor himself or that he was even involved in the incident, reports at the time said.

Karen Kessler, a spokesperson for McGregor, told MailOnline in July 2022: Mr McGregor is steadfast in his denial of all the accusations made by a guest on his boat. 

Periodico de Ibiza, a local newspaper who appear to have seen details of Samanthas case, claimed she gave a statement to the Gardai a few days after she returned to Ireland at the end of July 2022.

She attributed her initial unwillingness to press charges in Spain to a state of shock when she was helped ashore by rescuers after she apparently jumped into the sea to escape. 

Samantha was wearing just her bikini when she went into the water, it was said.  She had no money or phone and just wanted to get back to her hotel as soon as possible, the newspaper added.

Appearing to quote apparent extracts from the complaint, the paper said: His behaviour changed at that moment and he became very aggressive.

It was as if he was possessed, Periodico de Ibiza reported she claimed in her statement. 

We have common friends and I have met him on a number of occasions. I cant believe what he did to me. I think he would have killed me if I hadnt left the yacht, she allegedly said.

It was later claimed she said in her Irish police statement: They left me stranded. They wouldnt even abandon a dog the way they did me.

In January 2023 it was revealed that Samantha had decided to launch a civil and criminal case against McGregor in Ireland, and she was named publicly.

But shortly afterwards she had her car torched.

When asked about the arson attack, Samanthas mother, who declined to give her name, told MailOnline: That was very scary. I was at my daughters at the time and someone tried to set her car on fire.

And when asked about the yacht allegations, she said: Shes very upset by what happened and its taken her a long time to come to terms with it.

We have photos of her injuries. We just want to wait and see what happens with the court case.

It was never concluded that the two incidents - the yacht incident and the car attack - were connected but the arson coincidentally happened the night before Ms Murphy filed a civil case in Dublins High Court to be heard on February 27 that year.

But the court case never happened. 

A brick was reportedly thrown through a window of her home in the February.

Days later it emerged that her civil claim was discontinued - but it is not clear if it was settled or thrown out.

Samantha has never commented publicly on what allegedly happened - and it is not known of she has had any contact with Nikita Hand before or since her case.

But when Ms Hand won, it emerged that the judge presiding over the case had been told how masked men broke into her house earlier this year.

They smashed her windows and stabbed her boyfriend while her daughter was asleep next door.

Believed by her lawyers to have been carried out by supporters of the MMA star, the horrifying story emerged at the outset of the trial, in the context of a claim Nikita wanted to make, for the cost of moving away from Drimnagh in Dublin.

With no jury present, her counsel, John Gordon, told Judge Alexander Owens that the incident had happened on June 14 this year.

The plaintiffs home was invaded by a group of men wearing balaclavas, he said.

They broke into the plaintiffs bedroom, and were driven out by the plaintiffs partner, who suffered a stab wound in the process. Her daughter was in the next room, sleeping.

He said the men left, having broken windows in the front room.

We are not laying that at the feet of the defendants, or saying they have anything to do with that, he continued.

We do make the claim that it was not an untargeted attack, [it] arose from supporters of the first named defendant [Mr McGregor].

It is related to the claim that she had to move out of the Drimnagh area.

Judge Owens asked: You are not making the claim or going to tender evidence that Mr McGregor had anything to do with it?

No, judge, it is an item of special damage, Mr Gordon replied.

It relates to her state of anxiety and her claim that she had to move from the Drimnagh area, as she now has done.

The court heard she had sought relocation costs of €750,000.

Conor McGregors barrister, Remy Farrell, said it seemed Ms Hand was introducing a claim which is nothing to do with us.

The jury did not award her these damages.

Conor McGregor, pictured with his partner of 15 years Dee Devlin, could face further civil claims

Footage showed Conor McGregors sexual assault accuser sitting with the MMA fighter at a Miami club table in the minutes after she claims he molested her in a bathroom last year

In 2020 he was detained over an alleged sex attack in this Corsica bar

French gendarmes appeared on a quay to arrest Conor McGregor (at the right wearing a baseball cap) on the French island of Corsica over an alleged sexual assault attempt. The case was later dropped

The controversial Irishman, 36, is fighting to salvage what is left of his reputation after he lost a civil case brought by Ms Hand, 35.

And he may also face a battle to save more of his fortune because at least four women have made similar allegations over the past five years - and may now feel empowered to sue him despite police and prosecutors rejecting their cases.

Ms Hand said outside court on Friday: To all the victims of sexual assault. I hope my story is a reminder that no matter how afraid you might be, speak up, you have a voice, and keep on fighting for justice.

She convinced a jury in Dublin that McGregor was lying when he denied he had brutally raped and battered her in a hotel penthouse during a drink and cocaine-fuelled Christmas after party in 2018.

She gave harrowing evidence describing how she was choked and kept thinking I would die. Six years later she was vindicated in court in a case that heard her partner was stabbed when masked men invaded their home earlier this year.

McGregor has been accused of sex attacks on at least four other occasions, all of which were dismissed police, most recently in Miami last year at the NBA Finals.

In every case he has vehemently denied any wrongdoing and on at least one occasion sources close to him said allegations of sexual assault were mendacious and money-related.

The case was brought by Ms Hand after Irelands director of public prosecutions decided in 2020 not to bring criminal charges against McGregor and his friend James Lawrence due to a lack of evidence and no reasonable prospect of conviction. 

After deliberating for six hours and 10 minutes, the jury in the civil case she brought returned with their verdicts in the civil trial against Conor McGregor last week.

Mr McGregor shook his head as the jury of eight women and four men returned with their verdict.

Responding to media reporting of Ms Hands comments outside the court on Friday when she declared justice has been served, McGregor wrote on X: Justice was served for James Lawrence, yes! in reference to his co-accused, who was cleared of assault. Nikita Hand, vicious liar! APPEAL!

In another post, he wrote: Falsely accused a man of rape and lost.

His own legal costs are understood to be around €300,000 and he will likely have to cover a large chunk of Ms Hands costs, likely to be in the region of €500,000. 

These would be paid by him on top of the almost €250,000 (£210,000) he must pay her in damages.

Almost a year after the hotel incident, McGregor was accused of another sex attack.

In October 2019, police received another complaint against him from a woman who said he had sexually assaulted her in a car outside a Dublin pub.

The UFC fighter denied the claim and prosecutors did not pursue any action over the complaint.

In September 2020, McGregor was detained and questioned by authorities on the French island of Corsica for alleged indecent exposure and sexual assault in a bar.

He spent two days in custody.

Eight months later, police and prosecutors declared a lack of sufficient evidence to justify a criminal prosecution. 

The investigation is said to have included DNA collection that corroborated his version of events.

Conor McGregor, his mother Margaret and partner Dee Devlin outside the High Court in Dublin

The former UFC champion has faced a range of other legal claims in recent years, during which he has left and returned to the sport a number of times. Pictured: McGregor celebrates after defeating Donald Cerrone in a welterweight bout during UFC246 at T-Mobile Arena on January 18, 2020 in Las Vegas

In June 2023 the MMA fighter, who at the time was expecting his fourth child with his fiancée, was accused of forcing the unnamed accuser to perform a sex act on him in the VIP mens bathroom at Game 4 of the NBA Finals in Miami.

A video obtained by TMZ showed him leading her into the mens bathroom where she claims she was assaulted.

He appeared to lead her by the hand into the bathroom, before the door is closed behind them.

McGregors entourage of security guards is then shown blocking the entrance to the door.

His attorneys say the footage undermined the womans original allegation that he and his security guards forced her into the restroom.

McGregor denied the allegations.  A source close to McGregor said at the time that he would cooperate fully with the investigation, but added the womans claims are false and that she is only interested in the stars money.

On October 18 2023, the case was dropped.

It now remains to be seen if any of these women might also be willing to launch a new civil claim against him.