Marvel Star Jonathan Majors Arrested on Assault Charges | Dose.ca
Marvel star Jonathan Majors was arrested on Saturday following an alleged home dispute and charged with two misdemeanor counts of third-degree assault, second-degree aggravated harassment, second-degree harassment and third-degree tried assault.
NYPD launched a press release concerning the arrest: “On Saturday, March 25, 2023 at approximately 1114 hours, police responded to 911 call inside of an apartment located in the vicinity of West 22nd Street and 8th Avenue, within the confines of the 10 Precinct.”
“A preliminary investigation determined that a 33-year-old male was involved in a domestic dispute with a 30-year-old female. The victim informed police she was assaulted. Officers placed the 33-year-old male into custody without incident. The victim sustained minor injuries to her head and neck and was removed to an area hospital in stable condition.”
The alleged sufferer has but to be recognized.
Majors’ lawyer, Priya Chaudhry, launched a press release on Sunday, saying, “Jonathan Majors is completely innocent and is provably the victim of an altercation with a woman he knows. We are quickly gathering and presenting evidence to the District Attorney with the expectation that all charges will be dropped imminently.”
Chaudhry says the proof supporting Majors consists of two written statements from the girl recanting the allegations, in addition to video from a automobile the place the incident purportedly befell and testimony from the driving force and different witnesses.
The Manhattan D.A.’s Office advised TMZ {that a} restricted courtroom ordered safety for the alleged sufferer has been put in place, they usually’ve requested a full order of safety.
Hours after his arrest on Saturday, Majors was photographed leaving a NYC courtroom carrying a hat emblazoned with the phrase “Freedom.”
Majors is one among Hollywood’s hottest rising stars, and has already had two movies debut at No. 1 on the home and world field workplace in 2023: Creed III and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
At final 12 months’s San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel introduced a standalone movie revolving round Major’s villainous character Kang. Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, meant to be the primary half of a two-part story, has reportedly not began filming but and is anticipated to be launched in May 2025.