Jonathan Majors’ tearful ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari felt “worried” and like it was “my fault” after the actor was arrested for allegedly assaulting her at a car service – but “she knew” he hit her, she told a jury in Manhattan. Wednesday’s hearing.
“He knew what he was doing: He cheated on me, he assaulted me,” Jabbari, 30, said in the stands, 20 feet from Majors in Manhattan Criminal Court, where he was tried on charges of misdemeanor assault and harassment.
The British dancer and movement coach testified in the packed courtroom that at first, she felt she should have “lied” by taking responsibility for the March altercation – because she still loved Majors and worried she would be “upset” with him.
“I feel like I should have lied and said nothing happened so he wouldn’t get in trouble,” Jabbari said when asked to explain how he felt after learning the 34-year-old Marvel star had been arrested while he was at the scene. the hospital got a splint put on his broken finger.
Grace Jabbari testified that she felt the attack was “my fault” in court on Wednesday. Gabriella Bass
“I just want to fix it,” added Jabbari, wearing an olive suit and white shirt, through tears.
“I feel worried about him….I don’t know. I feel very sad,” he added. “I think it’s my fault, you know?”
The case centers around a March 25 incident that erupted after Jabbari found evidence of the actor’s infidelity as the pair were driven across the Manhattan Bridge in a black SUV.
Majors has pleaded not guilty to the charges and insists that Jabbari was the aggressor in the encounter.
Jonathan Majors was arrested for allegedly assaulting Jabbari in a car. Steven Hirsch
Jabbari testified Tuesday that Majors gave “a hard blow to my head,” opened a gash in his ear, and also grabbed his finger and twisted his arm during the argument.
The following morning, police officers found her lying half-naked in Majors’ Chelsea apartment.
Jabbari said he struggled to explain the truth to police — because he could hear the “Loki” star, who called 911, in the next room.
Instead, he “offended” the attack, realizing that “this was a moment where I could have gotten some help,” he testified Wednesday.
Jabbari’s court drawing on Wednesday. Jane Rosenberg
“I want to say, ‘Help me,'” he added from the stands.
Jabbari, who is white, also testified Wednesday that he did not report Majors’ past violent episodes — which he detailed on the first day of testimony Tuesday — to authorities because he had spoken to him in the past about “not trusting the police” and ” what they’re going to do to me as a black man.”
Majors’ defense lawyer, Priya Chaudhry, has argued that the entire case hinges on Jabbari’s credibility.
During cross-examination Wednesday, Chaudhry asked Jabbari how much alcohol he had consumed on the night of the alleged attack — and hinted that Jabbari had tried to hide his level of intoxication from Majors.
Majors and current girlfriend Meagan Bagus in her trial. Steven Hirsch
Jabbari previously testified that he had dinner with Majors that night in Brooklyn at the Fort Greene Japanese restaurant Karasu after seeing a play at the nearby Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Chaudhry asked Jabbari if he remembered Majors going to the bathroom before the couple left the diner.
After she said yes, the lawyer then asked if she remembered going back to the table and sipping the rest of the cocktail — before “hiding” the glass so Majors wouldn’t see it.
“I don’t remember,” answered Jabbari.
Jabbari later testified that, over the course of several hours, he had two drinks at the theater, about three drinks at the restaurant, and then some champagne and a shot or two of tequila at a dance club he visited with a stranger who offered to take him out. dancing. after she told them her boyfriend had cheated on her.
Majors and Good appeared in court on Wednesday. Steven Hirsch
But he flatly denied Chaudhry’s insinuation that his drinking had been a “source of tension” in his relationship with Majors.
“He would get mad at me and use alcohol as an excuse, I believe,” he testified.
Jabbari is set to continue cross-examination Thursday morning.
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