McGregor Guilty Plea (Bus Attack)

On July 26, 2018 Conor McGregor entered a plea of guilty to one count of disorderly conduct in Kings County (Brooklyn) court in connection with the April 5, 2018 Barclays Center bus attack [2]. The plea agreement dismissed more serious charges in exchange for a stipulated disposition that included five days of community service, an anger-management evaluation and restitution to the bus company; the exact restitution amount was set as part of the plea process reported in the court filings and contemporary coverage [2]. After the hearing McGregor addressed the public, saying, "To my family, my fans, thank you for support," according to news reports summarizing his brief remarks outside court [2]. The guilty plea resolved the criminal component of the Brooklyn investigation for McGregor specifically and became a documented legal outcome that reporters referenced in subsequent coverage of the McGregor–Nurmagomedov feud [2]. The criminal plea did not eliminate related civil claims—Michael Chiesa later filed a civil lawsuit tied to injuries from the incident—and it did not resolve later regulatory discipline tied to the October 2018 UFC 229 melee, which was adjudicated by the Nevada State Athletic Commission in 2019 [2][8][4].

The July 26, 2018 guilty plea matters because it constituted a formal criminal admission tied directly to the Barclays Center incident and produced court-ordered remediation (community service, anger-management evaluation, restitution) [2]. The plea established a documented legal consequence for McGregor's role in the April 5 attack and provided a factual baseline referenced in later reporting and civil litigation; it also signaled that at least one branch of the legal system had resolved the criminal aspect of the bus incident without trial [2][8].

After entering the guilty plea, McGregor completed the court-ordered obligations as set out in the disposition and the criminal case in Kings County was closed under the plea terms [2]. Separately, Michael Chiesa filed a civil suit in September 2018 that alleged negligence, emotional distress, assault and battery related to the bus attack; that civil litigation was discontinued via settlement on December 2, 2022, per reporting on the resolution [8]. The guilty plea did not prevent the Nevada State Athletic Commission from later issuing discipline after the October 6, 2018 UFC 229 melee, where separate penalties were assessed to both fighters in January 2019 [4].