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Jonathan Majors — Assault and Harassment Convictions

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Update April 8 - Jonathan Majors, whose promising acting career stalled after a domestic violence conviction in New York, was sentenced to domestic violence programming after the judge decided "jail is not necessary." Majors must complete a 52-week in-person batterers intervention program in Los Angeles, continue mental health counseling and stay away from the victim, his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari, said Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Michael Gaffey. April 3 - Jonathan Majors faced a legal setback when the judge in his domestic violence case declined his lawyer’s motion to set aside his December guilty verdict. “Jonathan feels disappointed by the outcome of the motion, yet he upholds respect for the process,” his lawyer Priya Chaudhry said in a statement. Due to the judge’s decision, the 34-year-old former Marvel star — will still be sentenced as scheduled on April 8. Case Summary On March 25, around 12:40am, Jonathan Majors and Grace Jabbari were taking a private car servi

Grace Jabbari v. Jonathan Majors - Intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation and malicious prosecution

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Case Summary Actor Jonathan Majors' ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari is suing him in federal court Tuesday. Three months after a New York City jury convicted him of assaulting and harassing her. Jabbari, a British dancer who is alleging defamation, malicious prosecution, assault and battery in the Southern District of New York. The suit claims that Majors physically abused her several other times during their nearly two-year relationship, the first time in July 2022. And she alleges in the lawsuit that since Majors was convicted in December, he has continued to attack her reputation. “When publicly confronted with Grace’s numerous allegations of abuse, Majors has called her a liar at every turn and very specifically claimed that he has never put his hands on a woman, with the goal of convincing the world that Grace is not a victim of domestic abuse but instead a crazy liar who should be treated as such,” the lawsuit says. In the court papers, Jabbari also alleges that Majors “has consis