Conor McGregor has admitted that he offered his former teammate and friend Artem Lobov £790,000 [$1 million] in appreciation for work done to develop a whiskey brand for him. Conor McGregor admits to offering a former teammate £790,000 for a role in Proper No.
Twelve, but he ‘hotly contests’ other allegations. Other allegations made by Lobov, who filed a lawsuit against McGregor last year, are ‘hotly contested,’ according to an Irish court.
According to The Sunday World, McGregor and two other shareholders received £103 million [$130 million] when they sold their stakes to Proximo Spirits for £476 million [$600 million] in 2021.
Lobov’s lawsuit seeks to enforce an alleged verbal agreement in which he would receive 5% of any sale, but McGregor denies any such agreement existed.
The retired Russian fighter insists he was the original creator and co-founder of the popular Irish whiskey, which he first revealed to talkSPORT. “The Proper 12 Whiskey story will be the selling point of my book,” Lobov said in August 2022.
“A few people are aware, but this was my idea.” “I was the one who suggested making a whiskey for Conor.”‘Conor, I have the deal ready for you,’ I said as I approached him. This is a billion-dollar deal, no messing around.'”I’m not sure if he took me seriously with the billion dollars at the time.”