Jonathan Majors, Marvel and ‘Creed III’ actor, arrested on assault charge in New York – National | 24CA News
Actor Jonathan Majors was arrested Saturday in New York on prices of strangulation, assault and harassment, authorities mentioned. On Sunday, a lawyer for Majors mentioned there’s proof that he’s “entirely innocent.”
New York City police mentioned that Majors, star of the just lately launched Creed III and Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, was concerned in a home dispute with a 30-year-old girl. Police responded round 11 a.m. Saturday to a 911 name inside an condo within the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea.
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“The victim informed police she was assaulted,” a spokesperson for the NYPD mentioned in a press release. “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.”
A consultant for Majors denied any wrongdoing by the actor.
“He has done nothing wrong,” the consultant mentioned in an e-mail to the AP on Saturday. “We look forward to clearing his name and clearing this up.”
On Sunday, a lawyer for Majors, Priya Chaudhry, got here out extra forcefully, saying Majors “is provably the victim of an altercation with a woman he knows” and blamed the incident on the lady having “an emotional crisis.”
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Chaudhry mentioned there was proof clearing Majors, together with “video footage from the vehicle where this episode took place, witness testimony from the driver and others who both saw and heard the episode, and most importantly, two written statements from the woman recanting these allegations.”
An e-mail looking for extra remark from the NYPD primarily based on Chaudhry’s assertions was not instantly returned Sunday.
Majors was arraigned Sunday on a criticism involving misdemeanour prices for assault and aggravated harassment, the Manhattan district legal professional’s workplace mentioned. A choose ordered Majors launched on his personal recognizance on Saturday night time with a restricted order of safety. He was scheduled to seem in court docket on May 8.
In the meantime, the U.S. Army suspended its TV advert marketing campaign that includes Majors that was meant to focus on youthful audiences. The Army Enterprise Marketing Office mentioned in a press release Sunday that the U.S. Army is “deeply concerned by the allegations surrounding his arrest.”
“While Mr. Majors is innocent until proven guilty, prudence dictates that we pull our ads until the investigation into these allegations is complete,” the workplace mentioned in a press release.
Majors is likely one of the quickest rising stars in Hollywood. After breaking by way of in 2019′s The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Majors has starred in Da 5 Bloods, The Harder They Fall and final yr’s Devotion. He additionally stars within the latest Sundance Film Festival entry Magazine Dreams, which Searchlight Pictures is to launch in December.
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