Jonathan Majors was convicted Monday of assaulting his former girlfriend after a two-week trial that the actor hoped would salvage his damaged reputation and restore his status as an emerging Hollywood star.
A Manhattan jury found Majors, 34, guilty of assault and harassment. He was also acquitted of a different assault charge and of aggravated harassment. Majors, who was asked to stand and face the jurors as the verdict was read, showed no immediate reaction, looking slightly downward.
His sentencing was set for Feb. 6.
The charges stemmed from a dispute between the 91裸聊视频淐reed III91裸聊视频� actor and his girlfriend, Grace Jabbari, that began in the backseat of a chauffeured car and spilled into the streets of Manhattan one night last March.
Jabbari, a 30-year-old British dancer, accused Majors of an attack inside the vehicle that left her in 91裸聊视频渆xcruciating91裸聊视频� pain. She said he struck her in the head with his open hand, twisted her arm behind her back and squeezed her middle finger until it fractured.
Majors91裸聊视频� lawyers said she was the aggressor, alleging that she flew into a jealous rage after reading a text message on his phone sent by another woman. They said Jabbari had spread a 91裸聊视频渇antasy91裸聊视频� to take down the actor, who was only trying to regain his phone and get away safely.
The verdict dealt a major blow to Majors, who was until his arrest in March sent his career into a tailspin.
Once slated to lead the next phase of the Marvel universe as the supervillain Kang the Conqueror, Majors faced an uncertain future with the lucrative franchise after the abuse charges. The actor, who attended the Yale School of Drama, has lost other parts and endorsement deals and seen his critically-acclaimed drama, 91裸聊视频淢agazine Dreams,91裸聊视频� pulled from its scheduled release earlier this month.
Majors arrived in the courtroom each morning carrying a gold-leaf Bible, offering hugs to his family members and his current girlfriend, actress Meagan Good, before taking his seat. Expressionless for much of the testimony, he wiped away tears as his attorney, Priya Chaudhry, urged jurors to 91裸聊视频渆nd this nightmare for Jonathan Majors.91裸聊视频�
But as Majors sought vindication from the jury, the trial also brought forth new evidence about his troubled relationship with Jabbari, whom he met on the set of 91裸聊视频淎nt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania91裸聊视频� two years ago.
Accusing Majors of a 91裸聊视频渃ruel and manipulative pattern91裸聊视频� of abuse, prosecutors shared text messages that showed the actor begging Jabbari for an earlier head injury. One message warned 91裸聊视频渋t could lead to an investigation even if you do lie and they suspect something.91裸聊视频�
They also played audio of Majors declaring himself a 91裸聊视频済reat man,91裸聊视频� then questioning whether Jabbari could meet the high standards set by the spouses of Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama. Majors91裸聊视频� attorneys countered that Jabbari had surreptitiously recorded her boyfriend as part of her plot to 91裸聊视频渄estroy91裸聊视频� his career.
Over four days of tearful testimony, Jabbari said Majors was excessively controlling and that left her afraid 91裸聊视频減hysically quite a lot.91裸聊视频� She broke down on the witness stand as a jury watched security footage from the aftermath of the backseat confrontation, which prosecutors said showed Majors 91裸聊视频渕anhandling91裸聊视频� her and shoving her back in the car 91裸聊视频渁s if she was a doll.91裸聊视频�
Majors did not take the stand. But Chaudhry said her client was the victim of 91裸聊视频渨hite lies, big lies, and pretty little lies91裸聊视频� invented by Jabbari to exact revenge on an unfaithful partner.
The attorney cited security footage, taken immediately after the shove, that showed Majors sprinting away from his girlfriend as she chased him through the night. Jabbari then followed a group of strangers she91裸聊视频檇 met on the street to a dance club, where she ordered drinks for the group and did not appear to be favoring her injured hand.
91裸聊视频淪he was revenge-partying and charging Champagne to the man she was angry with and treating these strangers to fancy Champagne she bought with Jonathan91裸聊视频檚 credit card,91裸聊视频� Chaudhry alleged.
The next morning, after finding Jabbari unconscious in the closet of their Manhattan penthouse, Majors called police. He was arrested at the scene, while Jabbari was transported to a hospital to receive treatment for the injuries to her ear and hand.
91裸聊视频淗e called 911 out of concern for her, and his fear of what happens when a Black man in America came true,91裸聊视频� Chaudhry said, accusing police and prosecutors of failing to take seriously Majors91裸聊视频� allegations that he was bloodied and scratched during the dispute.
In her closing arguments, prosecutor Kelli Galaway said Majors was following a well-worn playbook used by abusers to reverse the narrative by casting their victims as attackers.
91裸聊视频淭his is not a revenge plot to ruin the defendant91裸聊视频檚 life or his career,91裸聊视频� Galaway said. 91裸聊视频淵ou were asked why you are here? Because domestic violence is serious.91裸聊视频�
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