Famous Italian DJ accuses Conor McGregor of attacking him: 'I took a punch for no reason'
UFC star Conor McGregor again is at the center of an alleged physical altercation with a celebrity – this time in Italy.
Famous Italian singer and DJ Francesco Facchinetti has accused McGregor of punching him in the face and breaking his nose, which was first reported by Il Messagero. According to Facchinetti, he and his wife spent a late night hanging out with McGregor and his fiancee, Dee Devlin. At around 2:30 a.m., Facchinetti said the couples were set to leave for another party when McGregor attacked him out of nowhere in front of witnesses and bodyguards.
“I took a punch for nothing,” Facchinetti said on his Instagram Stories, as translated from Italian by Pro Sports Extra. He added that he will take legal action against McGregor. “That punch could go to anyone. My friends, my wife, or other friends. That’s why I decided to sue Conor McGregor because he is a violent and dangerous person.”
Facchinetti’s wife, Wilma Helena Faissol, shared a detailed account on her Instagram Stories of what she witnessed.
“Out of nowhere he threw a punch in the face of Francesco,” Faissol said. “(McGregor) was inviting us to another party. Francesco said, ‘OK, let’s go,’ and he hit him. Luckily, (Francesco) was very close so (McGregor) couldn’t load up (his punch). Francesco flew back, fell on the table, and then on the ground. The first thing that came to mind was, ‘Are we kidding? Is it a show?’
“Then I was paralyzed. I turned around and saw that his friends were holding him against the wall because he wanted to continue beating Francesco. Then they took him away. I turned on the light, and the guards turned them off. Francesco was bleeding. I wanted to help him, and the guards chased us away.”
Facchinetti, unsurprisingly, was critical of McGregor’s alleged actions.
“Real fighters don’t behave like that,” Facchinetti said. “They know they have weapons instead of hands, and they certainly do not start punching the first random one in front of them.”
In recent days, McGregor has shared posts on his social media accounts of him and his family – including his mother – vacationing in Rome.
This latest accusation is the second time in two months that McGregor has gotten physical with a celebrity. On the VMAs red carpet Sept. 12 in New York, McGregor was involved in a scuffle with rapper Machine Gun Kelly and actress Megan Fox.
