On the morning of Monday, January 8, 2024, actor Jonathan Majors sat down with Linsey Davis of ABC News to discuss his recent legal challenges. Majors, who recently starred in Creed III and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, was convicted of the following charges connected to an altercation with his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari, in New York last year: misdemeanor assault and harassment.
“I’m standing there and the verdict comes down. I say, ‘How is that possible based [on] the evidence, based [on] the prosecution’s evidence, let alone our evidence? How is that possible?” he told Davis.
The altercation at the center of the recent legal proceedings began in an SUV last March. While in the car with Jabbari, a text message popped up on the actor’s phone and an argument ensued.
“I wish I was kissing you,” the message reportedly read.
Shortly after the message appeared, Jabbari said in court that she held the phone in her left hand as Majors allegedly began pulling her right hand behind her back.
“It just felt like he was twisting my arm and my hand and trying to make me feel pain,” she said.
Prosecutors said Jabbari sustained several injuries, including a cut on her ear and a swollen finger. However, Majors denies assaulting Jabbari in the SUV and said picking her up was “one of the biggest mistakes of [his] life.”
“She went to grab the phone. I held the phone. I pulled the phone back. She came on top of me, squeezed my face, slapped me. That’s all I remember,” he told Davis.
“I wish to god I knew. That would give clarity. That would give me some type of peace about it,” he added when asked how Jabbari may have sustained her injuries.
In the months that followed the altercation, the public was able to examine video of Majors and Jabbari in a struggle as they exit the SUV, text messages from a conversation in the hours and days afterward and audio of a conversation the two had previously.
“If you watch those videos and you reverse that, and you saw a Black man chasing a young white girl down the street, screaming and crying, that man is gonna be shot and killed in the streets of New York City,” Major said regarding video of him running away from Jabbari on the night of the altercation.
“That Black man will feel that.”
Prosecutors have elected not to comment on the actor’s most recent interview, but representatives for Jabbari did chime in. Representatives for Jabbari said the actor “continues to take no accountability for his actions.”
“His denigration of our jury system is not dissimilar from the above-the-law attitude that he has maintained throughout this legal process,” Jabbari’s attorney, Brittany Henderson, told ABC News.
“The timing of these new statements demonstrates a clear lack of remorse for the actions for which he was found guilty and should make the sentencing decisions fairly easy for the Court.”
Since the initial arrest occurred and the jury’s verdict was handed down, Majors career and life have changed dramatically. He was dropped by Entertainment 360, Marvel and The Lede Company. As for his personal life, Majors has been spotted with actress Meagan Good at court and around New York City.
“She’s an angel,” Majors said about Good.
“She’s held me down like a Coretta [Scott King]. I’m so blessed to have her.”
As for everything else, Majors will appear for sentencing on February 6, 2024. The actor faces up to a year in jail or probation.
