Jonathan Majors. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Pictures
Jonathan Majors is going through a brand new lawsuit from ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari for alleged assault, battery and defamation.
Based on courtroom paperwork obtained by Us Weekly on Tuesday, March 19, Jabbari, 30, is accusing Majors, 34, of subjecting her to a “sample of pervasive home abuse that started in 2021 and prolonged via 2023.”
One altercation in March 2023 landed Majors in prison courtroom, the place he was discovered responsible of one rely of misdemeanor third-degree assault and one rely of second-degree harassment. He was acquitted of two different counts of assault and aggravated harassment in a cut up verdict.
In her civil lawsuit, Jabbari is looking for damages for the bodily accidents she suffered because of the 2023 incident. She additionally claims in courtroom paperwork that Majors dedicated “intentional infliction of emotional misery” towards her.
Jabbari’s authorized group additionally accuses Majors of defamation after he “made knowingly false statements” about his ex-girlfriend throughout a pre-sentencing interview with ABC Information.
In a January 2024 interview featured on Good Morning America, Majors stated he was “completely shocked and afraid” on the December 2023 verdict and denied inflicting any of Jabbari’s accidents that resulted in his conviction for assault.
Grace Jabbari. Courtesy of Grace Jabbari/Instagram
“Put bluntly, Majors’s protection to Grace’s descriptions of the quite a few acts of violence Majors perpetrated towards her was to overtly defame her and label her a liar on all claims,” the grievance said. “Defendant meant his false and defamatory statements to be broadcast around the globe.”
In response to the lawsuit, Majors’ lawyer Priya Chaudhry launched an announcement to Us Weekly stating, “That is no shock. Mr. Majors is making ready counterclaims towards Ms. Jabbari.”
Jabbari’s lawyer, nonetheless, praised her shopper for talking out.
“It takes true bravery to carry somebody with this degree of energy and acclaim accountable,” lawyer Brittany Henderson stated in an announcement to Us. “Bravery that Grace Jabbari has demonstrated at each stage of the authorized course of. We strongly consider that via this motion, fact and transparency will convey Grace the justice that she deserves.”
Jonathan Majors has had the continued help of girlfriend Meagan Good amid his authorized points. Earlier than the couple began relationship, Good went via a divorce from DeVon Franklin after 9 years of marriage. Franklin filed the paperwork in late 2021, and the duo finalized their cut up almost one 12 months later. In a joint assertion, Good […]
Majors and Jabbari first met in 2021 whereas the actor was filming Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania in London. After they started relationship, the pair moved right into a London residence collectively whereas he filmed season 2 of Marvel’s Loki collection in 2022.
Following his 2023 conviction, Majors was fired by Marvel Studios. The actor was anticipated to reprise his Ant-Man function as Kang the Conqueror for the upcoming movie Avengers: Kang Dynasty, which is scheduled to be launched in 2026.
Majors’ sentencing within the home violence case was postponed to April 8 after his attorneys filed a movement in February to put aside his conviction. He faces as much as a 12 months in jail on the 2 counts.