Conor McGregor and Proper Twelve have been linked since the whiskey brand's inception in 2018 – but not any longer. On Tuesday, Proper Twelve-parent company Proximo Spirits announced it will no longer feature McGregor in association with the brand,

Conor McGregor, the one-time king of the UFC and a man who transcended the octagon to become a global icon, finds himself facing a reckoning outside the cage. In the wake of a jury ruling finding him liable for a 2018 sexual assault, Proper Twelve, the Irish whiskey brand McGregor helped build, has cut ties with the fighter.

UFC superstar Conor McGregor was found guilty of sexual assault from an incident that occurred with Nikita Hand at the Beacon Hotel in Dublin on December 9, 2018. McGregor was tried in a Dublin High Court, and the jury found him liable for sexual assault, and the MMA star was ordered to pay more than €248,000 in damages to Hand.