According to a report by Variety released earlier today, actor Jonathan Majors has been found guilty on two misdemeanor counts of assault and harassment and was acquitted on two other counts.
The actor is known for films including “Creed III,” “Devotion” and Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.”
The verdict comes after a two-week trial following Majors’ arrest in March, when the actor allegedly assaulted his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari in the backseat of a car.
Jabbari, who was a choreographer for “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” testified that after seeing a provocative message on Majors’ phone and grabbing it, the actor reached for the phone with Jabbari feeling “a hard blow” strike her, resulting in bruising and pain.
Majors denied these claims and his defense team argued that Jabbari was the aggressor in the altercation with the phone.
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During the trial, several pieces of evidence were found including texts that Majors sent to Jabbari in which he tried to dissuade her from going to a hospital after a head injury and even threatened suicide.
Audio messages were also played during the trial, uncovering that Majors told Jabbari to “act like Corretta Scott King and Michelle Obama” since he was a “great man” doing “great things.”
The jury also evaluated both surveillance footage of the assault and testimony from a woman who attended a nightclub with Jabbari after the alleged incident.
Ever since his arrest, Majors was dropped from his talent agency, Entertainment 360, as well as his publicity firm, the Lede Company.
Majors was also taken off the upcoming Protagonist Pictures film “The Man in My Basement.”
The incident has also impacted Majors’s other projects, such as Spike Lee’s “Da Understudy” and Dennis Rodman’s “48 Hours in Vegas,” where it is unknown on if he will continue to be involved.
A source from Marvel Studios additionally revealed to Variety that as a result of this verdict, Majors has been dropped from his role in “Kang the Conqueror.”
Majors was in a total of two Marvel projects: both seasons of “Loki” and the film “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.”
The actor played Kang the Conqueror, who was set to be the overarching villain for the Marvel cinematic universe in its current and future phases which all fall under “The Multiverse Saga.”
No official statement has been made by Marvel Studios as to how they will be moving forward with the character and the Multiverse Saga as a whole.
A sentencing date has been set for Feb. 6. Majors could receive up to a year in jail or probation.
