Jonathan Majors found guilty of two assault charges over domestic dispute

A New York jury found actor Jonathan Majors guilty of two misdemeanor charges of domestic assault against his then girlfriend in March of this year.

The verdict marks the end of a high-profile case that began with Majors’ arrest on 26 March.

The night before, the Creed III star and his girlfriend at the time, Grace Jabarri, 30, an actress and dancer, got into an intense altercation while riding in an SUV on their way to Majors’ apartment in Chelsea.

Jabarri testified in court that things turned physical after she noticed romantic texts on Major’s phone. When Jabarri grabbed the device from his hands, Majors twisted her arm in a position that caused her “excruciating pain” and struck her in the head, Jabarri told jurors.

Majors then took the phone back, got out of the vehicle and took off running through the streets of lower Manhattan as Jabarri chased behind him, street surveillance footage presented during the trial showed.

He faced three misdemeanor charges for misdemeanor assault, aggravated assault and harassment.

Majors filed a countersuit against Jabarri in June, alleging that he was actually the one who was assaulted after Jabarri saw texts from another woman on his phone. But prosecutors declined to file charges against her.

During the trial, Jabarri detailed the couple’s sometimes tumultuous and volatile relationship, which began when they met in August 2021 on the set of Marvel’s Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, in which Major starred as villain Kang the Conqueror. Jabarri was his movement coach.

In 2021, Majors allegedly chided her for bringing up an ex’s dog, and in the summer of 2022 Jabarri recalls the actor berated her via text for attending the Glastonbury music festival in England. She added that Majors, who did not testify during the trial, would threaten to commit suicide after conflicts.

“I felt like I had to keep a lot of secrets from everyone,” she said. “I felt very isolated. It was confusing. I felt scared of him but quite dependent on him.” Their relationship continued because “I loved him,” she told the jurors.