Jonathan Majors Will be Sentenced in Days. Here's Everything We Know
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On Monday, April 8, Jonathan Majors will learn whether or not he’ll have to serve jail time after being found guilty of third degree reckless assault and harassment stemming from his domestic dispute case involving ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari.
His latest attempt to get the conviction thrown out was denied by a judge on Wednesday. In response to that, Majors’ lawyer Priya Chaudhry told People in a statement:
“Jonathan feels disappointed by the outcome of the motion, yet he upholds respect for the process. He continues to draw strength from his friends, fans, family, and dogs, harnessing his art and creativity. As he eagerly anticipates closing this chapter, he looks forward to redirecting his time and energy fully toward his family and his art.”
Majors currently faces up to a year in jail. But before we find out where he’ll be headed, let’s take a look back on how he got here in the first place.
Jonathan Majors Gets Accused of Domestic Dispute-March 2023
Majors, the Creed III super star, was arrested Saturday in New York City on charges of harassment, assault and strangulation, according to the AP. Police responded to an emergency phone call at 11 a.m inside a downtown Manhattan apartment, according to reports. The “domestic dispute,” case involved a 30-year-old woman.
“The victim informed police she was assaulted,” a spokesperson for the NYPD said in a statement. “Officers placed the 33-year-old male into custody without incident. The victim sustained minor injuries to her head and neck and was removed to an area hospital in stable condition.”
Majors was no longer in custody as of Saturday evening, according to The Associated Press. The News organization also said a representative for Majors denied the actor did anything wrong. —Tatsha Robertson
Jonathan Majors Gets Dropped From Ads, Projects, Management Companies Over Allegations
It seems the Hollywood dominoes keep falling for Jonathan Majors. On Tuesday, we learned that he’s now been dropped from a handful of projects including the movie adaptation of Walter Mosley’s novel, The Man In My Basementstarring opposite Willem Dafoe; a forthcoming Otis Redding biopic; and an MLB ad campaign for the Texas Rangers. This came after the actor had been dropped from an Army campaign ad and from his management and PR team.— Shanelle Genai.
More Abuse Allegations From Jonathan Majors Past Lovers Emerge, Establishing Alleged Pattern
As Jonathan Majors continues to deal with career fallout from his arrest for assault and harassment, more details about the incident and the Manhattan D.A.’s investigation are emerging. Variety reports that “multiple alleged abuse victims of Majors have come forward following his March arrest and are cooperating with the Manhattan district attorney’s office.” If true, this would change the perception of the case, as Majors’ lawyers have been adamant about his innocence from the moment he was arrested.—Stephanie Holland
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Jonathan Majors Filed Cross-Complaint Against Accuser, Accuser Gets Arrested
Per a sworn affidavit and domestic incident report obtained by Insider on Monday, Majors told Chinatown precinct police that a “drunk and hysterical” Jabbari was the one who allegedly attacked him in an altercation that spilled onto a street corner back in late March. He alleged that she “scratched, slapped, and grabbed at his face, causing pain and bleeding” and that the next morning his face was allegedly “stuck to the pillow because of the blood from the cut” that Jabbari gave him by digging her thumbnail into him. (The claim that Majors was not the aggressor and was “provably a victim” has been maintained by his lawyer Priya Chadhry since the initial report of his arrest was made public.)—Shanelle Genai
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Jonathan Majors Receives Makes 1st Court Appearance, Recieves Trial Date, & Debuts New Relationship with Meagan Good
The Marvel star appeared in person in a Manhattan court, the judge set the trial to start Aug. 3. He was accompanied by rumored girlfriend Meagan Good and wore a brown suit and sunglasses for the short hearing, according to Variety. He removed his sunglasses to approach the bench for “a status conference, which lasted about three minutes.” Following the proceedings, Majors’ lawyer, Priya Chaudhry, released a statement saying that the Creed III star’s defense team recently “delivered additional compelling evidence to the District Attorney, clearly proving Grace Jabbari’s assault on Jonathan Majors and not the other way around.”— Stephanie Holland
Jonathan Majors’ Legal Troubles Go International
According to a new 115 page filing by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, obtained by Variety, prosecutors in the case are trying to secure a police report from Sep. 2022 in London, England. While the specifics of the report are unknown, the prosecutorial team allege that it’s relevant to their case as it “references medical care obtained by [Grace] Jabbari [the woman accusing Majors] at that time.” For context, Jabari is a English citizen who worked as a as a movement coach for Ant-man and the Wasp, and Majors was reportedly in London filming season two of the popular Disney+ series Lokiat the time of the police report’s creation. This filing comes as a response to Majors’ legal team’s motion to dismiss the case in it’s entirety.—Shanelle Genai
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Jonathan Majors Trial Begins With Opening Statements Painting Two Different Stories
Prosecutors in the case argued that the Creed III star ‘engaged in a cool and manipulative pattern’ of psychological abuse leading up the incident,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. They claimed that the relationship between Majors and his accuser and now ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari started off smooth back in 2021 but allegedly took a turn for the worse when Majors’ “true self emerged,” which essentially looked like alleged controlling, manipulation, “withoholding affection” and threatening suicide as a way to get her to conform to what he wanted her to do....
Naturally, Majors’ legal team led by Priya Chaudhry denied that her client has ever displayed a pattern of abuse, describing him instead as a “a father, a poet, a devoted, practicing Christian and an actor.” She further argued that Jabbari made false allegations to “hurt him at the height of his career,” as a result of being hurt over him ending their relationship.—Shanelle Genai
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Jonathan Majors Accuser Tesifies, Audio Footage, Revealing Texts Messages, & More Emerge in Trial
Marvel star Jonathan Majors’ assault trial took an extremely troubling turn on Tuesday, as his accuser, Grace Jabbari, testified about details of their two year relationship and the alleged incident that led to his arrest. According to Variety, the exes met during the filming of “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” which stars Majors as Kang, and on which Jabbari, a professional dancer, worked as a movement coach. She called their early days “amazing,” explaining that the “Creed III” actor “was really kind and loving.” However, things changed when she casually mentioned an ex-boyfriend, which resulted in him allegedly berating her.
Read more here, here, here and here.
Black Twitter & Hollywood React to Jonathan Majors Being Found Guilty
Marvel star Jonathan Majors’ assault trial has reached its end with a verdict from a six-person New York jury. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor was found guilty of one count of reckless assault in the third degree and harassment, and he was found not guilty of aggravated harassment and intentional assault in the third degree.
The jury reportedly deliberated for four hours over two days, beginning on Friday. Major’s sentencing is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 6, and he faces up to one year in jail.
Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg also released a statement on the verdict:
“At the Manhattan D.A.’s Office, we are committed to centering survivors in all of our work. The evidence presented throughout this trial illustrated a cycle of psychological and emotional abuse, and escalating patterns of coercion far too common across the many intimate partner violence cases we see each and every day,” Bragg said. “Today, a jury determined that pattern of abuse and coercion culminated with Mr. Majors assaulting and harassing his girlfriend. We thank the jury for its service and the survivor for bravely telling her story despite having to relive her trauma on the stand.”
—Stephanie Holland
Jonathan Majors’ Exes Come Out Alleging More Abuse
Jonathan Majors is desperately trying to move on from the guilty verdict in the assault trial concerning his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari, but it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen anytime soon. According to The New York Times, two of the “Loki” actor’s exes have accused him of being abusive during their relationships. The outlet also cited allegations that Majors “repeatedly confronted female co-workers while on set of the HBO series Lovecraft Country, leading several to complain to the network.”—Stephanie Holland
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Jonathan Majors Bombs 1st Interview Post-Conviction
Ugh. Where to begin with Jonathan Majors…? Last week, I wrote about what I thought Majors should say and do following the revelation that he’d sat for his first interview since his conviction on assaulting ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari. Well, any hope I had that he’d redeem himself was shot within the interview’s first couple minutes.—Dustin J. Seibert.
Jonathan Majors Accuser Files Civil Suit
Just when it looked like Jonathan Majors’ legal issues were coming to a close, new life has been breathed into them, thanks to a new civil suit filed by his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari.
On Tuesday, Majors was sued for malicious prosecution, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, assault and battery. Jabbari is seeking “compensatory damages and punitive damages in an amount that is to be determined at trial,” per an exclusive report by Rolling Stone.—Shanelle Genai
