Jonathan Majors, who recently appeared in leading roles in Creed III and Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, is the subject of “extreme abuse” allegations, as reported Thursday by Rolling Stone. The report comes three months after the actor’s arrest on domestic violence charges in New York.
The new set of allegations against Majors comes quickly on the heels of other updates related to his arrest: Majors’ attorneys have released evidence to support claims of his innocence to the media, and the New York Police Department has reportedly determined that Majors’ accuser in the March incident, Grace Jabbari, could face arrest on unspecified charges.
Rolling Stone’s report cites dozens of interviews and sources (all of whom are said to have requested anonymity for fear of personal and professional retribution) in publishing new allegations of abuse, both physical and emotional, and intimidation. Majors is said to have strangled a former romantic partner and inflicted “emotional torture” on another woman, according to unnamed sources. Former classmates at Yale, where Majors studied acting, alleged that Majors was involved in physical altercations and intimidation at the school. A spokesperson for Yale declined to comment on or confirm any formal complaints about Majors to Rolling Stone.
Majors’ attorneys deny the allegations, calling the anonymously sourced reports “hearsay,” explaining that “neither of the romantic partners” who were the alleged victims of abuse “were willing to engage with Rolling Stone for the article—demonstrating their outright falsity.” Rolling Stone’s report relies on accounts of alleged abuse from people who say they knew the women.
As part of its response to Rolling Stone, Majors’ legal team
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