<p>Charges of attempted sexual assault and indecent exposure against Irish mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor have been dropped because of a lack of evidence, a court in the Corsican city of Bastia announced Thursday.</p>.<p>"We had no material evidence to corroborate the complainant's statements, including after the scientific expert input that had been ordered," Bastia prosecutor Arnaud Viornery told AFP.</p>.<p>McGregor's lawayer, Emmanuelle Ramond, said: "We welcome this decision because it is in line with what we expected."</p>.<p>The accusations against McGregor, known as 'Notorious', came when the Irish fighter was on the French island of Corsica last September preparing for a charity 180km water-bike relay race from Calvi to Monaco.</p>.<p>The prosecutor's office in Bastia received a complaint "denouncing acts that could be described as attempted sexual assault and sexual exhibition".</p>.<p>McGregor at the time "vigorously denied any accusation of bad behaviour".</p>.<p>McGregor is no stranger to controversy.</p>.<p>He hit the headlines in 2019 for an attack on an older man in a Dublin bar captured in a viral video.</p>.<p>In 2018 he pled guilty in Brooklyn, New York to disorderly conduct after attacking a bus filled with UFC fighters.</p>.<p>McGregor held the UFC title for featherweights from 2015 to 2016 and lightweights from 2016 to 2018 and lost to American legend Floyd Mayweather in August 2017 in a lucrative boxing match.</p>.<p>He is due back in action in Las Vegas on July 10 for a third fight against Dustin Poirier.</p>.<p>American Poirier demolished McGregor by knockout during their second meeting in January.</p>.<p>That one-sided bout followed McGregor's first-round knockout victory over Poirier in their first meeting in 2014.</p>
<p>Charges of attempted sexual assault and indecent exposure against Irish mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor have been dropped because of a lack of evidence, a court in the Corsican city of Bastia announced Thursday.</p>.<p>"We had no material evidence to corroborate the complainant's statements, including after the scientific expert input that had been ordered," Bastia prosecutor Arnaud Viornery told AFP.</p>.<p>McGregor's lawayer, Emmanuelle Ramond, said: "We welcome this decision because it is in line with what we expected."</p>.<p>The accusations against McGregor, known as 'Notorious', came when the Irish fighter was on the French island of Corsica last September preparing for a charity 180km water-bike relay race from Calvi to Monaco.</p>.<p>The prosecutor's office in Bastia received a complaint "denouncing acts that could be described as attempted sexual assault and sexual exhibition".</p>.<p>McGregor at the time "vigorously denied any accusation of bad behaviour".</p>.<p>McGregor is no stranger to controversy.</p>.<p>He hit the headlines in 2019 for an attack on an older man in a Dublin bar captured in a viral video.</p>.<p>In 2018 he pled guilty in Brooklyn, New York to disorderly conduct after attacking a bus filled with UFC fighters.</p>.<p>McGregor held the UFC title for featherweights from 2015 to 2016 and lightweights from 2016 to 2018 and lost to American legend Floyd Mayweather in August 2017 in a lucrative boxing match.</p>.<p>He is due back in action in Las Vegas on July 10 for a third fight against Dustin Poirier.</p>.<p>American Poirier demolished McGregor by knockout during their second meeting in January.</p>.<p>That one-sided bout followed McGregor's first-round knockout victory over Poirier in their first meeting in 2014.</p>