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Actor Jonathan Majors attended the London premiere of his film. Creed III in February 2023, before her career imploded due to a series of abuse allegations and a court conviction in New York.
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Actor Jonathan Majors attended the London premiere of his film. Creed III in February 2023, before her career imploded due to a series of abuse allegations and a court conviction in New York.
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Actor Jonathan Majors has been sued by his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari, in a newly filed lawsuit alleging that he committed assault, battery and defamation against her in a series of episodes that took place between 2021 and 2023. In December, Majors He was found guilty in a New York criminal court of assaulting and harassing Jabbari during one of those episodes during an argument that took place in Manhattan in March 2023.
Jabbari’s civil suit was filed Tuesday in federal court in the Southern District of New York. In addition to the New York incident that led to Majors’ conviction, Jabbari alleges that he was also physically violent toward her during incidents in Los Angeles and London.
In London in September 2022, Jabbari claims, Majors “began banging Grace’s head against (a) marble floor while strangling her until she felt she could no longer breathe,” but allegedly convinced her not to seek medical treatment. , despite his head injury. Later, the lawsuit says, Jabbari told Majors in a text message exchange that he had “mental confusion” and “a constant headache” but that he threatened to kill himself if he found a doctor.
In the current lawsuit, Jabbari claims that Majors has also “resorted to very publicly abusing her reputation” following her arrest and after her criminal trial, including calling her “a liar at every turn… in order to convince the police.” . world that Grace is not a victim of domestic abuse but a crazy liar who should be treated as such.
In a brief statement emailed to NPR on Wednesday, Majors’ attorney, Priya Chaudhry, said Jabbari’s lawsuit was “not a surprise” and that her client “is preparing counterclaims against Ms. Jabbari.”
At his domestic violence trial in New York in December, Majors was found guilty of two misdemeanors (third-degree assault and second-degree harassment) against Jabbari. In the split verdict, the jury found Majors not guilty of third-degree intentional assault or second-degree aggravated harassment, indicating that they did not believe Majors had intended to hurt or harass Jabbari prior to his argument. Majors is expected to be sentenced on April 8.
Within hours of the December verdict, Marvel and Disney announced that they would be removing Majors from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) franchise. Previously, Marvel had planned to feature the then-Hollywood star at the center of an upcoming MCU film.
In an article published by The New York Times In February, two other of Majors’ ex-girlfriends, Emma Duncan (whom Majors was engaged to from 2015 to 2019) and Maura Hooper, also made allegations against the actor. Both women alleged that Majors had been controlling and emotionally abusive, while Duncan also accused him of physical violence. Through Chaudhry, Majors denied both women’s allegations, and Chaudhry described those relationships as “toxic.”
Last June, Rolling Stone published allegations of physical, mental, and emotional abuse by Majors against two romantic partners while she was a student at Yale University’s David Geffen School of Drama beginning in 2013. Through her attorney at the time, Dustin A. Pusch , Majors “vehemently denied” all of those allegations.