New developments continue as Jonathan Majors is charged with assault and harassment. On Saturday, March 25, the “Creed III” actor was arrested in New York City following a family dispute. A statement from the Manhattan District Attorney sent to POPSUGAR on March 28 revealed that the actor was charged the next day with misdemeanors including assault and aggravated harassment of an unnamed woman.
In another statement sent to POPSUGAR the same day, Majors attorney Priya Chaudhry alleged that the actor was the one who made the 911 call that led to his arrest. Chaudhry wrote: “Frankly: As confirmed by one of the woman’s own written statements denying her allegations, it was Mr Majors who called 911 out of concern for her mental health. her,” Chaudhry wrote.
According to Chaudhry, Majors denies any wrongdoing. In addition to bringing charges, the Manhattan DA’s office announced that an NYC judge released the Major from custody on his own admission and granted him a limited protective order. , according to Diversity. According to the DA, a judge granted Major’s accuser a full temporary protective order on April 27.
On May 9, Majors appeared in court for a status meeting regarding his allegations, in which the DA released new details in the complaint that showed the unnamed woman was allegedly suffered another injury during the dispute, as well as she claims to have been pushed into a car by the Master. The actor was also ordered by the judge to continue to comply with the full shelter-in-place protection order, including not communicating with the unnamed woman.
In a statement sent to POPSUGAR after the trial, Chaudhry asserted the Major’s innocence and claimed there was “irrefutable evidence that the woman was lying, including video evidence that showed no what happens.” Chaudhry and her team previously released videos and messages between the unnamed woman and the Major, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
His lawyer’s statement also read: “This is a witch hunt against Jonathan Majors, fueled by baseless claims. Instead of dismissing the allegations in the face of words the woman’s apparent lie, the DA has adjusted the charges to match the woman’s new lies. Obviously, there are no new charges against Mr. Majors.” Later in the statement, she added, “The criminal justice system is saturated with explicit and implicit bias… This glaring double standard between the treatment of Jonathan Majors, a man 200 lbs black man, and his accuser, highlighting the racial bias that permeates the criminal justice system.”
Chaudhry previously released a statement to POPSUGAR on March 25 claiming that “Majors is completely innocent and can prove to be the victim of a conflict with a woman he knows.” She added, “We are rapidly gathering and presenting evidence to the District Attorney with the expectation that all charges will be dropped soon.”
Chaudhry also detailed the alleged evidence, which she said, at the time, included video footage from the site of the reported incident, witness statements and two written statements. of the woman withdrew the charges. “All evidence proves that Mr Majors is completely innocent and did not assault her in any way,” she stated in her statement, adding that she believes the charges will soon be abolished and arrests must be made in such cases. “This is the only reason Mr. Majors was arrested,” she said.
Chaudhry’s new May statement added, “We have obtained even more video evidence of his innocence, but we are hesitant to share it, for fear the DA will trick the woman. change his story again.”
How have the allegations affected the careers of professionals?
Majors’ busy acting career came to a halt due to his accusations. According to an April 17 report from Deadline, he has been dumped by talent manager Entertainment 360, according to several sources. The PR agency The Lede Company, which represents Majors, also began to part ways with the actor. Deadline then noted that Majors and fashion house Valentino “jointly agreed” that the actor would not attend this year’s Met Gala as one of its guests.
On April 18, Deadline confirmed that Majors was no longer starring in “The Man in My Basement,” the adaptation of Walter Mosley’s novel of the same name, and revealed that he had also been dropped from consideration. for an unannounced biopic of Otis Redding. Additionally, an advertising campaign for Texas Rangers starring the Majors, scheduled to air April 21, was also reportedly canceled at the time.
For now, Majors will still be starring in Marvel’s 2025 movie “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty” as Kang the Conquerer and in a fitness TV series titled “Magazine Dreams” later this year. He is also slated to appear in the second season of “Loki”, as he has finished filming.
After his arrest, the US Army announced that it had discontinued the “Be All You Can Be” advertising campaign featuring the Majors. Laura DeFrancisco, public relations director for the Army’s Office of Corporate Marketing, said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter: “The US military is aware of the arrest of Jonathan Majors and we are deeply concerned. against the allegations surrounding his arrest. “While Mr Majors is innocent until proven guilty, it is prudent that we withdraw our advertisement until the investigation into these allegations is complete.”
According to The Associated Press, the recruitment ads were set to run again during the NCAA’s Final Four Basketball Games, prompting the Army to repurpose slots with existing and unused footage that didn’t include the Specialty Award. “We can absolutely use most of what we’ve invested in,” Alex Fink, Army’s head of marketing, told the outlet in late March. “We thought we were going to have some brand new creative during the Women’s Quarterfinals on Friday… [W]I have a lot of content to go back to, to create fundamentally new ads. . . if we need. The campaign is full of energy ahead.”
