Following a trial in New York, US actor Jonathan Majors was found guilty of assaulting his ex-girlfriend.
Majors, who is best known for portraying Kang in the Marvel movies, was found by the jury to have assaulted British dancer Grace Jabbari in March during a fight.
She reported to the court that she was left with a cut behind her ear, bruises, a fractured finger, and “excruciating” pain.
Majors, 34, has been cast as a supporting character in future Marvel films and could spend up to a year in prison.
The verdict of the six-member jury was declared on Monday after three days of deliberations.
According to court reporters, Majors pursed his lips and looked down as their decision was read aloud, but he did not react in any other way.
A Marvel representative announced that the studio will not be working on any more projects involving Majors in the wake of the decision.
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Majors advised her to behave more like Coretta Scott King and Michelle Obama, the spouses of former President Barack Obama and Martin Luther King, Jr., on audio recorded during a dispute that same month.
He declared, “I am doing great things, not just for me but for my culture and the world,” and demanded that she “make sacrifices” in order to be with him.
Majors provided no testimony. His attorney had maintained that Ms. Jabbari had attacked him out of jealous rage after discovering the text message in the car, and that the actor was the real victim.
In June, Majors, who starred in Creed III as well, countersued her, claiming that she was the aggressor. However, prosecutors decided not to charge her because of insufficient evidence.
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Majors’ attorney stated in a statement that his team is “grateful” that the jury did not find that he had intended to cause Ms. Jabbari any physical harm.
“Mr Majors is grateful to God, his family, his friends, and his fans for their love and support during these harrowing eight months,” stated Priya Chaudhry, his attorney.
“Mr Majors still has faith in the process and looks forward to fully clearing his name.”
The criminal charges were brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, whose office stated following the verdict that the movie star’s psychological and emotional abuse was “far too common across the many intimate partner violence cases we see each and every day.”
Majors had been introduced to Ms. Jabbari twice.
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Majors was supposed to play the main villain in Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, but Marvel postponed the film’s release until 2026 following his arrest.
The claims caused the release of another movie, Magazine Dreams, which was tipped as an Oscar contender, to be delayed.
