On Saturday, March 25, “Creed III” actor Jonathan Majors was arrested in New York City after an alleged home dispute. A spokesperson for the New York Police Department advised The Hollywood Reporter that the actor was arrested on fees of strangulation, assault, and harassment. Majors is denying all wrongdoing.
The police responded to a domestic-dispute name at an condo within the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, the place a 33-year-old male, confirmed to be Majors, was allegedly concerned in a dispute with an unidentified 30-year-old lady. “The sufferer knowledgeable police she was assaulted. Officers positioned the 33-year-old male into custody with out incident,” the spokesperson advised THR. The lady was taken to the hospital with minor accidents to her head and neck. Majors has since been launched from custody.
On Sunday, the actor’s prison protection lawyer, Priya Chaudhry, issued an announcement to POPSUGAR sustaining Majors’s innocence. “Jonathan Majors is totally harmless and is provably the sufferer of an altercation with a lady he is aware of. We are rapidly gathering and presenting proof to the District Attorney with the expectation that each one fees will probably be dropped imminently,” she stated.
Chaudhry detailed the alleged proof, which she stated consists of video footage from the location of the reported incident, testimony from eyewitnesses, and two written statements from the girl recanting the allegations. “All the proof proves that Mr. Majors is fully harmless and didn’t assault her in any respect,” Chaudhry’s assertion reads.
Chaudhry additionally stated she believed the fees can be dropped quickly and maintained that arrests should be made in instances of this nature. “This is the one motive Mr. Majors was arrested,” she stated.
The “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” actor is at a busy second in his profession. He’s set to star as Kang in Marvel’s 2025 movie “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty” and is rumored to look in “Loki” season two. POPSUGAR reached out to Marvel for touch upon Majors’s arrest however didn’t recieve a right away response.
In the wake of his arrest, the US Army introduced it had pulled a “Be All You Can Be” advert marketing campaign that includes the actor for now. “The U.S. Army 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 Army Enterprise Marketing Office, stated in an announcement to THR. “While Mr. Majors is harmless till confirmed responsible, prudence dictates that we pull our advertisements till the investigation into these allegations is full.”