Rising Hollywood star Jonathan Majors was found guilty Monday after a trial in New York of assaulting a former girlfriend, which cost him his role as a villain in Marvel films, media reports said. American and a source familiar with the matter.
The 34-year-old actor, who starred in “Creed III” and played Kang in the Marvel Studios (Disney) series, was charged with third-degree assault – the least serious level for this type of charge – and harassment found guilty. Personal jury. He was acquitted on two other charges.
His sentence, which could be up to a year in prison, will be announced on February 6, but the Marvel franchise has already decided to stop working with the actor, American media reported, which a source familiar with the matter confirmed to Agence France -Press (AFP).
The actor was arrested in a car on March 30 after an argument with his former girlfriend Grace Jabbari. She testified during the trial in the Manhattan courthouse.
According to her, the actor attacked her to get her phone back after an argument broke out in a car. He grabbed her arm violently and hit her on the head. Jonathan Majors' lawyers maintained his complete innocence.
Instead, according to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the trial showed that Jonathan Majors had become accustomed to exerting psychological and emotional pressure on his girlfriend, culminating in the attack on March 30.
The actor is particularly known for his role in The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019) and also starred in Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods (2020), then in the series Lovecraft Country on HBO and Creed III, the sequel to the Rocking series .
He then entered the Marvel Universe with the Loki series and the film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, in which he played the role of the villain Kang.
Before his trial, he was scheduled to appear in two upcoming films in the franchise: Avengers: The Kang Dinasty and Avengers: Secret Wars.