Former Marvel Star Jonathan Majors will be sentenced next week on Monday after being found guilty of harassing and assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari.
The actor’s defense team made a last-ditch attempt to get the jury verdict overturned, but a New York Judge denied the motion. Now, Majors faces possible prison time, as he could be sentenced to one year in prison.
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Jonathan Majors’ Motion to Set aside Assault & Harassment Conviction Denied
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New York Judge Michael Gaffey has reportedly rejected Majors’ motion to overturn his guilty verdict, handed down by a jury last December.
follow Deadline, the “Creed III” actor now faces a year in prison if sentenced on April 8, next week. The latest effort from the Hollywood star comes after his Jabbari hit him with yet another lawsuit.
Jabbari is suing Majors for battery, assault, and malicious prosecution, among other things. The professional model claims that her ex subjected her to a “pervasive pattern of domestic abuse that began in 2021 and continued into 2023.”
Majors’ attorneys said they would file a counterclaim. However, that has not yet happened.
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Grace Jabbari Claims That The Actress Has Conducted A Media Smear Campaign After Being Found Guilty
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Jabbari’s defamation claim stems from an interview Majors took part in after he was found guilty in the assault case.
The suit states: “After her arrest, Majors immediately implemented an extensive media campaign smearing Grace, claiming that she was ‘absolutely innocent,’ ‘a possible victim,’ that she ‘didn’t attack him at all,’ and that ‘this woman had an emotional crisis, for which he was taken to hospital.'”
Majors broke his silence on the guilty verdict during an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” where he stated that he was surprised by the jury’s verdict.
He said, “I shouldn’t have been in the car. I shouldn’t have gotten out of the relationship. I shouldn’t have been in the relationship. If I hadn’t been in the car, none of this would have happened.”
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Majors added, “I was really shocked and scared. How could that be? Based on the evidence, based on the prosecution’s evidence, let alone our evidence.”
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Jonathan Majors Says He’s Not Surprised By Grace Jabbari’s Lawsuit
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In an interview with TMZThe “Loki” actor shared his thoughts on Jabbari’s lawsuit, saying that he was “not surprised” that he made the move to sue him for defamation.
“I knew it coming from the beginning, really,” Majors told the publication while leaving a workout facility in Los Angeles with fitness expert Jason Best.
When pressed for additional information, Majors told the news outlet that he “can’t say much more about it,” adding that “the law” prevents him from elaborating.
Jabbari and Majors reportedly first met on the set of the Marvel movie and began dating for two years. However, their relationship soured in March 2023 following a domestic violence incident that took place in the back seat of a Cadillac Escalade.
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Assault Conviction Has Severely Affected Acting Jonathan Majors’ Career
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The impact of the assault trial on Majors’ career was evident before he was found guilty, as the actor had lost major deals and been dropped from major projects.
He was removed from the film adaptation of Walter Mosley’s 2004 novel, “The Man in My Basement,” a project he was reportedly set to executive produce.
Negotiations for the actor’s role in a biopic about the late musician Otis Redding fell through., It was also reported at the time that Majors would no longer be featured in an advertising campaign for the Texas Rangers MLB team.
However, following the guilty verdict, Marvel Studios dropped Majors. The actor’s character, Kang The Conqueror, is being touted as the next big villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Unfortunately, the show has now been canceled by the movie giant.
His Girlfriend Meagan Good Talks About Facing The Actor’s Legal Battle
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Majors and his girlfriend, Meagan Good, made an appearance at the NAACP Image Awards, which was the actor’s second red carpet appearance since he was found guilty of assault and harassment.
For Good, going through all that with his MaJors took an emotional toll on him, but being genuine helped him overcome it.
“I stay true to myself, and I stay authentic,” Good said People’s Magazine. “I know what I know I know. And in time, everything just follows what you know if you’re true to yourself and you’re authentic.”
He continued, “There are some things you just have to be like, ‘I don’t have time for that. Let me go see what my niece is doing. Let me go see what my mom is doing. Let me go see what my man is doing. do it. Let me go get this job.'”
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