- A well-known Italian DJ and his wife have accused
Conor McGregor of punching him. - The couple claim McGregor broke the DJ's nose in an unprovoked attack in Rome.
An Italian DJ has accused Conor McGregor of punching him "for nothing," and breaking his nose at a recent party in Rome.
The former two-weight UFC champion is on vacation with his partner Dee Devlin and their children in Italy, having taken his five month old Rian McGregor's to be christened at the Vatican.
Reports emerged Sunday, however, that a well-known Italian TV personality and DJ had accused McGregor of assaulting him during the trip.
DJ Francesco Facchinetti and his wife Wilma claimed to be with McGregor and Devlin until around 2.30 a.m. on Sunday morning, when he says McGregor attacked him.
The Facchenetti couple spoke about the apparent ordeal on their Instagram Stories, in accounts first reported by Italian news site Il Messaggero.
"I took a punch for nothing," Facchinetti said, according to a rough translation of posts on his social media accounts..
"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."
His partner, Wilma, added: "Then out of nowhere, he threw a punch in the face of Francesco. He was inviting us to another party. Francesco said, 'Okay, let's go' and he hit him."
Wilma claimed that their close proximity meant McGregor could not hit Facchinetti with full force.
Regardless: "Francesco flew back, fell on the table, and then on the ground."
She continued: "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."
It is seemingly the second time in as many months that McGregor has had an altercation with a celebrity. The alleged assault follows an incident on the red carpet of the VMAs in New York in September.
McGregor was seen on video throwing a drink at the rapper Machine Gun Kelly, before calling him a "little vanilla boy."
He told Entertainment Tonight at the time: "I just showed up, and I don't know. I don't even know the guy. Nothing happened with me. I only fight real fighters, people that actually fight, you know what I mean?"
Little more than a month later, and McGregor is accused of trying to fight DJ Facchenetti.
"Francesco was bleeding," said Wilma, the DJ's wife. "I wanted to help him and the guards chased us away."
She then advised people to stay away from McGregor.
"He will stay in Italy until October 26th. If you see him stay away from him. Don't go near him and ask for autographs because he is an unstable and dangerous person."
Insider contacted one of McGregor's representatives Sunday regarding details in this story, but is yet to receive a reply.