LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Jonathan Majors poses in the IMDb Exclusive Portrait Studio at The Critics Choice Association 5th Annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television at Fairmont Century Plaza on December 05, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Rowe/Getty Images for IMDb)
Jonathan Majors, 33, was arrested on Saturday and charged with assault, strangulation and harassment after the New York police responded to a “domestic dispute.”
Majors was taken into custody while the victim, a 30-year-old woman, suffered injuries to her head and neck and was transported to the hospital.
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Majors’ lawyer, Priya Chaudhry, said in a statement that the actor was the “victim of an altercation with a woman he knows” and that the woman has taken back her accusation. She later added that witness accounts and video evidence support Majors’ innocence and that the dispute was caused by the woman “having an emotional crisis.”
A Manhattan district attorney’s spokesperson said that Majors had been called to court over numerous misdemeanor charges. On Saturday, a judge ordered Majors’ release and set his next court appearance to May 8.
Majors had previously starred in two advertisements for the U.S. Army, which experienced record-low recruitment last year. However, these ads have been paused in response to the alleged assault.
Majors is a prominent actor, co-starring in Creed III alongside Michael B. Jordan and delivering a lead performance in Magazine Dreams that received positive reviews at the Sundance Film Festival.
The star also recently joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania as Kang the Conqueror and is set to headline Avengers: The Kang Dynasty in 2025.
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