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Actor Jonathan Majors’ ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari, sued him in federal court on Tuesday, three months after a New York City jury found him guilty of assaulting and harassing her.
Jabbari, a British dancer who is suing Majors, the former Marvel actor, alleging defamation, malicious prosecution, assault and battery in the Southern District of New York, alleges in court papers that Majors physically abused her several more times during their almost two years. year relationship, the first time in July 2022.
And she alleges in the lawsuit that since Majors was convicted in December, he has continued to attack her reputation.
“When publicly confronted with Grace’s numerous abuse allegations, Majors called her a liar at every turn and stated very specifically that he had never laid his hands on a woman, with the goal of convincing the world that Grace is not a victim.” of domestic violence. abuse, but a crazy liar who should be treated as such,” the lawsuit says.
Majors’ lawyer, Priya Chaudhry, said they were anticipating Jabbari’s lawsuit.
“This is not a surprise,” Chaudhry said in an email. “Mr. Majors is preparing countersuits against Ms. Jabbari.”
In court documents, Jabbari also alleges that Majors “has consistently engaged in an escalating pattern of abusive behavior toward women since 2013.”
Jabbari, who met Majors in 2021 on the set of “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” did not identify who else he may have abused. And Jabbari’s attorney, Brittany Henderson, did not return a call seeking comment.
In February, two more of Majors’ ex-girlfriends, Emma Duncan and Maura Hooper, told the New York Times who had also abused them physically and emotionally. These accusations cover from 2013 to 2019.
Majors, through his lawyer, denied physically abusing Duncan, and in response to Hooper’s allegations of emotional abuse, his lawyer told the Times: “Looking back, he is embarrassed by some of his jealous behavior.”
Marvel parted ways with Majors, once a rising star in Hollywood, in December after he was convicted.
Majors, who played supervillain Kang the Conqueror in the Marvel film franchise, was scheduled to reprise the role in 2026’s “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.”
But, apparently in an attempt to save his acting career, Majors continued to deny harming Jabbari in an interview with ABC News in January and insisted that while he had witnessed domestic abuse, he had never done it himself.
“I’ve never hit a woman,” Majors said. “I have never. My hands have never hit a woman. Ever.”
Jabbari, in her lawsuit, said Majors was trying to criticize her.
“Now that Majors can no longer physically abuse Grace, he has resorted to publicly abusing her reputation,” the lawsuit says. “After her arrest, Majors immediately implemented an extensive media campaign smearing Grace, claiming that he was ‘completely innocent,’ ‘he’s probably the victim,’ that ‘he didn’t assault her at all,’ and that ‘this woman was having trouble.’ an emotional problem’. crisis, so she was transferred to a hospital.’”
Jabbari alleges in the lawsuit that Majors attacked her a second time in September 2022, “this time causing serious injuries to her body.”
While in London, Majors allegedly threw Jabbari onto the hood of a car and covered her mouth when she screamed for help, according to the lawsuit. Then, after he took her back inside her home, Majors slammed her “head against the marble floor while he strangled her until she felt like she could no longer breathe,” she claims.
“Shortly thereafter, Grace disclosed the physical abuse to a member of Jonathan’s management team in an effort to get him help,” the lawsuit says. “Majors was furious when he found out that Grace had outed him as an abuser.”
The violent episode that resulted in Majors’ indictment erupted, according to Manhattan prosecutors, in March 2023 after Jabbari saw a text message on his phone from a woman named Cleopatra while they were traveling in a car from Brooklyn to Manhattan.
Prosecutors said Majors slapped Jabbari in the face and fractured the middle finger of one hand. And when Jabbari got out of the car, Majors threw her inside “like a soccer ball,” they said.
Majors denied hitting Jabbari, and his lawyers maintained that he was the victim of a jilted lover who left him bloodied and that he went clubbing with three strangers after the alleged abusive encounter.
Ultimately, a nine-person jury found Majors guilty of harassment and misdemeanor assault, and he was scheduled to be sentenced in February. That date was postponed to April 8 after Chaudhry, his attorney, filed a last-minute motion for the judge to overturn the verdict.