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Two women have come forward to accuse Jonathan Majors of abuse, two months after the Marvel star was convicted of recklessly assaulting his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari.
The women, Emma Duncan and Maura Hooper, spoke with The New York Times and alleged that Majors was physically and/or emotionally abusive during her overlapping relationships with the actor. Duncan claims that on multiple occasions Majors was physically violent towards her. During an alleged fight in July 2016, Majors allegedly strangled Duncan, “threw her body across the room” and threatened that she would “make sure he couldn’t have children.” Majors denied the allegations.
Hooper, who dated Majors from 2013 to 2015 after meeting at the prestigious Yale drama school, claimed that Majors was deeply controlling and was “not allowed to talk to anyone about their relationship.” Majors’ lawyer, Priya Chaudhry, said Majors was “young and insecure” during that period and “is embarrassed by some of his jealous behavior.”
The stories of these women were mentioned for the first time in Rolling StoneThe June investigation, where more than a dozen sources, who are friends of the women or were present during their relationship, independently corroborated details of the alleged abuse. At the time, Duncan and Hooper declined to comment for the original article, and one of the women, through a spokesperson, cited fear of retaliation. “Everyone knew he was (a good actor) and that he would also terrorize the people he had dated,” said one of the dozen sources. Rolling Stone.
Majors was convicted in December of third-degree reckless assault and a harassment violation stemming from his arrest in March 2023, where he allegedly attacked Jabbari after she saw him receive a romantic text message from another woman. (He was acquitted of the two most serious charges, intentional assault and aggravated harassment.) The 34-year-old was scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday, but his attorney filed last-minute motions to overturn the verdict, causing the sentencing to be delayed until April. 8. Although Majors faces up to a year in prison, it is unlikely that he will serve any time behind bars.
New York Times obtained evidence from Molineux (prior history of alleged wrongdoing related to the case) that contained the women’s testimonies to prosecutors. Chaudhry recently filed a motion to keep the documents permanently sealed. He claimed that the “unproven allegations” would cause “significant concrete harm” because “the media has already demonstrated that it has a nearly insatiable appetite for salacious gossip about Mr. Majors.”
A third woman who was also considering speaking to the district attorney came forward to Rolling Stone as part of the June investigation, but was withdrawn before publication. recently speaking with The cut – who gave her the pseudonym “Anna” – the woman said she was also in an abusive relationship with Majors. Anna claims she backed out. Rolling Stonefrom the June article because she received a threatening letter allegedly sent by a paralegal, who claimed she was being investigated by a law firm and was part of an “ongoing criminal investigation.”
The email contained a phone number, which the woman traced through a Google search to the law firm of Chaudhry, Majors’ attorney. “She felt like a threat,” Anna said. The cut. “I 100 percent withdrew from participating in supporting Grace, talking to the district attorney, communicating with reporters, all of that.” (Chaudhry denied The cut that his company was behind the mysterious email and said he would file a criminal complaint against the sender).
The women’s stories reflect the testimony Jabbari gave during the trial. The professional dancer and movement coach said the two met on the set of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania in the summer of 2021. He described the first few days as a whirlwind, with Majors professing his love early on and writing his poetry. However, things went sour in December. He claimed that Majors allegedly became enraged, attempted to control his behavior, threw glass objects around him and routinely threatened suicide after such incidents. Jabbari testified that she felt responsible for Majors’ emotions and became increasingly isolated from his friends and family because he felt he was “lying” by hiding aspects of his relationship from them.
Hooper claims she became pregnant a few months into their relationship and scheduled an abortion appointment two weeks later, which Majors allegedly wanted to schedule earlier. Although Majors knew that Hooper needed an escort home, Hooper claimed that Majors attended a rehearsal instead of picking her up. She ended up walking home. In 2016, Hooper claimed that Majors became angry at her for dating someone she knew. “I’m going to rip you from my heart the same way they ripped our baby away from you,” she allegedly told Hooper. A lawyer for Majors acknowledged that it was “a mutually intense conversation” and Majors “regrets saying hurtful things at the time, but does not remember the specific things she said.”
Duncan said he began his relationship with Majors after meeting at a summer acting program in Chautauqua, New York, and that they were engaged from 2015 to 2019. Although the relationship began affectionately, with grand romantic gestures, Duncan says that in July 2016 Majors had threatened to strangle and kill her during an argument. (Majors’ lawyer claims he never threatened her.)
Some of Molineux’s evidence, some of which was mentioned in prosecutors’ October filing, mentioned a police report about an incident in September 2022 in London in which Jabbari received medical attention. In November, London’s Metropolitan Police confirmed Rolling Stone that there is an ongoing investigation into the incident that included allegations of “physical assaults.”
The women’s claims run counter to Majors’ recent interview with ABC News, where Majors spoke publicly for the first time about the case and denied being abusive in any relationship. Majors claimed that although he had witnessed domestic abuse, he never participated in it.
“I got hit before, but I never exercised it,” Majors said. “Those relationships go back to when I was 21, 22, and I think, was I an idiot? Was I a bad guy? Yeah, knowing what I know now, like, oh, severe depression, childhood trauma. I have had very few relationships, so I can understand what situations we are talking about. Yeah, I wasn’t the best boyfriend at the time… but I never hit a woman. “My hands have never hit a woman, ever.”
Majors’ career took a tremendous free fall. A year ago, he was attracting early Oscar buzz for playing a lonely bodybuilder with violent fantasies in dreams magazine, and had leading roles in Creed III and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. But in the wake of his arrest, his management company and publicist abandoned him, all future projects were shelved, and Marvel dealt the final blow when the studio announced that Majors would not return to the role of Kang the Conqueror, which were the next two films. the franchise. focused on.