Actor Jonathan Majors accused of ‘extreme abuse’ in new report

Jonathan Majors has recently appeared as a leading actor in Creed III and Marvel’s Ant-Man and Wasp: Quantumania, is the subject of “extreme abuse” allegations, as reported Thursday by Rolling Stone. The report comes three months after the actor’s arrest on domestic violence charges in New York.

The new set of allegations against Majors comes quickly on the heels of other updates related to his arrest: Majors’ attorneys have released evidence to support claims of his innocence to the media, and the New York Police Department has reportedly determined that Majors’ accuser in the March incident, Grace Jabbari, could face arrest on unspecified charges.

Rolling Stone’s report cites dozens of interviews and sources (all of whom are said to have requested anonymity for fear of personal and professional retribution) in publishing new allegations of abuse, both physical and emotional, and intimidation. Majors is said to have strangled a former romantic partner and inflicted “emotional torture” on another woman, according to unnamed sources. Majors’ former classmates, who studied at Yale where he studied acting, claimed that Majors had been involved in violent altercations at school. Rolling Stone was not given confirmation or any comment from a Yale spokesperson regarding the complaints made against Majors.

Majors’ attorneys deny the allegations, calling the anonymously sourced reports “hearsay,” explaining that “neither of the romantic partners” who were the alleged victims of abuse “were willing to engage with Rolling Stone for the article—demonstrating their outright falsity.” Rolling Stone’s report relies on accounts of alleged abuse from people who say they knew the women.

As part of its response to Rolling Stone, Majors’ legal team provided character witness statements from six of Majors’ “actual past romantic partners attesting to his character and the falsity of the charges.” The publication countered those statements, saying that it contacted those same six women, with three saying they had never agreed to release the statements and another saying that a statement credited to her was “pre-written” and “not truthful.”

Last week, one of Majors’ attorneys, Priya Chaudhry, shared evidence with Insider that she argued exonerates her client of assault and harassment charges. Chaudhry said that a black-car driver who transported Majors and Jabbari the night of the incident was prepared to testify that “Majors never raised his voice or a hand against Jabbari” while in his car, or after their dispute spilled out onto the street. The lawyer also offered video evidence, both from police body cameras and from a club that Jabbari visited after the alleged domestic violence incident, that she says supports Majors’ claim that he did not assault Jabbari. And in a letter to the judge in Majors’ case, Chaudhry alleged that Jabbari was coached by NYPD officers (who responded to Majors’ 911 call the morning after the alleged domestic violence incident) to blame Jabbari’s self-sustained injuries on the actor.

After Majors’ arrest, Chaudhry released a statement claiming that the actor was innocent and that Majors himself was the victim of his altercation with Jabbari.

Majors’s public profile has been low since his March arrest. Majors had been associated with a number of film and television productions. Since his arrest in March, they have disassociated themselves. Majors’ publicists, Lede Company and Management 360, reportedly parted ways with the actor shortly after his arrest.

In April, Variety reported that “multiple alleged abuse victims of Majors have come forward following his March arrest and are cooperating with the Manhattan district attorney’s office” in its case against Majors. Among the alleged victims is someone who reportedly worked on Marvel’s Ant-Man and Wasp: Quantumania, in which Majors portrayed Kang, the movie’s principal villain. Majors’ Kang is set to be a key antagonist in Marvel’s ongoing series of superhero films and TV shows.

Season 2 will feature Majors in a variety of roles. Loki, Marvel’s Disney Plus series about the multiversal adventures of the Norse god, which is due out this October. Majors played He Who Remains during season 1 of the show. Two of Marvel’s tentpole projects that would have involved Kang, Avengers: The Kang DynastyYou can also find out more about the following: Avengers: Secret WarsRecent delays in. The Kang DynastyIt was initially planned to debut in May 2025. Now, it is scheduled to be shown on the big screen May 1, 2020. Secret WarsThe original plan was to release the film six months after The Kang DynastyIt has now been delayed to 7 May 2027. Majors will appear in these films is not clear. Marvel Studios haven’t commented on Majors arrest or any allegations.

One member of the Marvel family who has commented on Majors’ situation is actor Anthony Mackie, aka The Falcon and the new Captain America. When asked about Majors in a recent interview with Inverse for an unrelated project (Peacock’s Twisted Metal), Mackie said, “We’re a country that was built on ‘everyone is innocent until proven guilty.’ That’s one of the staples of this country. It hasn’t been proven that this guy is guilty. Nothing. No one is guilty until proven to be so. That’s all I can say.”

Jonathan Majors’ criminal trial is set to begin on Aug. 3.