Jonathan Majors Charged After Alleged Home Dispute

On Saturday, March 25, “Creed III” actor Jonathan Majors was arrested in New York Metropolis following an alleged home dispute. A press release from the Manhattan District Lawyer despatched to POPSUGAR on March 28 revealed that the actor was arraigned Sunday on misdemeanor costs together with assault and aggravated harassment of an unnamed lady.

In an announcement despatched to POPSUGAR the identical day, Majors’s legal professional Priya Chaudhry alleged that Majors was the one who had positioned the 911 name that led to his arrest. “To set the file straight: As confirmed by one of many lady’s personal written statements disavowing her allegations, it’s Mr. Majors who known as 911 on account of concern for her psychological well being,” Chaudhry wrote.

Majors denies all wrongdoing, per Chaudhry. Along with laying out the fees, the Manhattan DA’s workplace acknowledged that an NYC decide launched Majors from custody on his personal recognizance and granted him a restricted order of safety, per Selection.

Chaudhry beforehand issued an announcement to POPSUGAR on March 25 that learn, “Jonathan Majors is totally harmless and is provably the sufferer of an altercation with a lady he is aware of.” The actor’s prison protection lawyer added, “We’re rapidly gathering and presenting proof to the District Lawyer with the expectation that each one costs might be dropped imminently.”

Chaudhry additionally detailed the alleged proof, which she mentioned consists of video footage from the positioning of the reported incident, testimony from eyewitnesses, and two written statements from the lady recanting the allegations. “All of the proof proves that Mr. Majors is fully harmless and didn’t assault her in anyway,” she claimed in her assertion, including that she believes the fees will quickly be dropped and arrests have to be made in circumstances of this nature. “That is the one purpose Mr. Majors was arrested,” she mentioned.

The “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” actor is at a busy second in his profession. He is set to star as Kang the Conquerer in Marvel’s 2025 movie “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty” and in a forthcoming bodybuilding drama titled “Journal Desires,” and he is rumored to seem in “Loki” season two. POPSUGAR reached out to Marvel for touch upon Majors’s arrest however didn’t obtain an instantaneous response.

Within the wake of his arrest, the US Military introduced it had pulled a “Be All You Can Be” advert marketing campaign that includes Majors for now. “The U.S. Military is conscious of the arrest of Jonathan Majors and we’re deeply involved by the allegations surrounding his arrest,” Laura DeFrancisco, public affairs chief for the Military Enterprise advertising and marketing workplace, mentioned in an announcement to The Hollywood Reporter. “Whereas Mr. Majors is harmless till confirmed responsible, prudence dictates that we pull our advertisements till the investigation into these allegations is full.”