When Marvel introduced its new supervillain, Kang, fans rejoiced to see they’d chosen an actor with so many layers to inflict as much fear as Thanos did in the past. Little did we know, Jonathan Majors gave such a great character because he was a villain in real life. Or so has just been determined by a New York jury.
Majors was accused by ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari of aggravated harassment and faced four charges. This sparked after he called 911 after an incident with Jabbari where he claimed he had found her unconscious in their apartment.
At the peak of his career as the new addition to the MCU, Jonathan Majors was arrested after finding injuries on Jabbari’s body, which included a laceration behind her ear and a fractured finger. Majors pleaded not guilty to all four charges. However, the two-week trial exposed evidence against him.
On the first four days of trial, Grace Jabbari claimed that Majors caused the injuries during an altercation in a car hours before he called 911. She claimed she had seen a text on Major’s phone that read: “Oh, how I wish to be kissing you.” Out of jealousy, she tried to take the phone from his hands, who then levered her finger and twisted her forearm to get the phone away from her.
The first three charges were for misdemeanor offenses related to the incidents in the car. The fourth one was a charge of harassment that happened inside the car, as she claimed he pushed her when she tried to exit.
Regarding these charges for domestic violence, a jury in New York formed by six people determined that he was guilty of two of the charges, one for assault in the third degree and one for harassment. The deliberation took four hours while Majors was patiently waiting to hear the verdict.
For weeks, his defense team tried to question the credibility of Grace Jabbari and paint her as an angry woman who was left by Majors. The evidence presented by her legal team, including text messages and footage from security cameras, ended up sentencing him.
During the two-weeks trial Majors was seen stoic to the accusations and testimonies. He was always accompanied by his family and current girlfriend Meagan Good. His defense team was led by attorney Pirya Chaudhry, who tried to play the race card, claiming that Majors’s “fear of what happens when a Black man in America calls 911 came true.” This didn’t work.
The judge has scheduled Jonathan Majors’ sentencing for February 6 but granted a new order of protection for Grace Jabbari. According to New York law, Majors could be facing a sentence of up to a year in prison. Meanwhile, all his future projects with Marvel have been canceled as the studios have already confirmed that the Kang storyline as the main villain of this phase has been changed.
