Actor Jonathan Majors, a rising Hollywood star, was found guilty on Monday after a trial in New York of assaulting a former girlfriend, which will cost him his role as a villain in Marvel films, American media and a person familiar with the case said Source.
The 34-year-old actor, who starred in “Creed III” and played Kang in the Marvel Studios (Disney) series, was found guilty of third-degree assault, the least serious level for this type of charge, and harassment six-member 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 was confirmed to AFP by a source familiar with the matter.
The actor was arrested on March 30 after a fight in a car with his former girlfriend Grace Jabbari, who testified during the trial in a Manhattan court.
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.
For Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the trial showed, on the contrary, that Jonathan Majors “had become accustomed” to exerting “psychological and emotional pressure” on his girlfriend, leading to the March 30 attack.
The actor is best known for his role in “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” (2019) and also starred in “Da 5 Bloods” by Spike Lee (2020), then in the series “Lovecraft Country” on HBO and “Creed III”. “, the continuation of the Rocky series.
He then entered the Marvel Universe with the series Loki 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.