Jonathan Majors Found Guilty of Assault and Harassment
A New York jury has found Marvel actor Jonathan Majors guilty of reckless assault in the third degree and guilty of harassment. The verdict was reached after a six-person jury deliberated for over four hours spread across three days. Sentencing is set for February 6th and the charges carry a sentence of up to one year in prison.
Majors was accused of four counts including assault, aggravated harassment, and harassment, stemming from an incident on March 25 when he contacted emergency services, claiming to have discovered his former partner, Grace Jabbari, unconscious in their shared residence. Upon their arrival, authorities detained Majors, observing injuries on Jabbari such as a cut behind her ear and a bruised, broken finger. Majors maintained his innocence, pleading not guilty to all allegations.
On the other two charges, Majors was found not guilty of intentional assault in the third degree and not guilty of aggravated harassment in the second degree.
Regardless of what the sentencing is, the blow to Majors’ career has been nailed shut and there’s no way that we are going to see him reprise his role as Kang the Conqueror in the MCU. If he does attempt to start working again in the industry, he’s got a rough road ahead of him. He made his bed, though, and now he has to sleep in it.
District Attorney Alvin Bragg shared in a statement soon after the verdict was delivered: “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. 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.”
Ross Kramer, an attorney for Jabbari, said: “We are gratified to see justice served by today’s guilty verdict. Ms. Jabbari testified publicly and truthfully, even though reliving these traumatic events on the witness stand was obviously painful. We are grateful to the jurors and the Judge for their attention and patience, and to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office for their hard work and support. Ms. Jabbari’s resolve to see this case through to the end demonstrates her tremendous strength and resilience. Unfortunately, for every survivor like Ms. Jabbari who comes forward to hold their abuser accountable, there are many others who believe that they cannot. We hope that her actions will inspire other survivors to speak their truth and seek justice.”
There was a lot of wild and insane information that came out about Majors throughout the trial revealing the kind of person that he is and presented himself to be. It was really sad to see the way that he treated Jabbari and the Jury obviously didn’t like what they heard and saw.
Source: Deadline