NBA denies claim by Conor McGregor's rape accuser that league offered $100,000 in hush money

Following a claim by Conor McGregor’s sexual assault accuser that the NBA offered her hush money to cover up rape at the Miami Heat’s playoff game, the league is denying the allegations.

According to attorney Ariel Mitchell, the league offered $100,000 to the alleged victim as hush money for the June 10 incident in the bathroom at the arena. The offer was “rescinded” after news broke of the allegations.

Mike Bass, the NBA’s chief communications officer, told DailyMail.com that the league did not offer anything to the woman.

“This claim is categorically false,” Bass told the news outlet.

Ariel Mitchell says the league and the Heat could be held liable.

“Some of the security guards who stood by when this happened were not McGregor’s. They were hired by the Heat,” Mitchell said. “They decided to cater to a celebrity instead of protecting a young woman in trouble.”

McGregor accuser takes aim at NBA, Heat, Miami PD

On top of speaking out against McGregor, the NBA and the Heat, the victim’s attorney says the Miami Police mishandled the situation when the woman tried to report what happened.

After initially being told that she was at the wrong precinct, the woman then went to the precinct that corresponds with the location of the incident, where she was allegedly pressured to wait to move forward with her case.

“(The detective) walked her out of the building in no time,” Mitchell said. “The detective told her to hire an attorney before she files a police complaint. He told her: ‘If you file today, this will go viral.’ Of course, that convinced her to wait, and that’s not good for the investigation.'”

On top of rushing her out of the building, the police allegedly did not seek to gather evidence, such as the victim’s clothing without prompting from the attorney.

Miami Police Officer Michael Vega, the department’s spokesman, declined to provide details or produce the incident report because he said the investigation, opened on June 11, is continuing. 

“We did open the case when the victim first came in,” Vega said. “As it happens in many investigations, she had to come back for additional information. I can’t imagine that any officer or detective in this department would turn away the victim of a sex crime.”

Since the incident, Mitchell reports that the accuser has left Florida for an undisclosed location after receiving alleged death threats.