Jonathan Majors grabbed his then-girlfriend “like she was a doll” and shoved her into the back seat of a pickup truck when she discovered he had cheated on her, a prosecutor described at the actor’s trial in Manhattan on Thursday, before the jury He began to weigh his destiny.
In her closing statement, Deputy District Attorney Kelli Galaway argued that the video showing Majors standing “on tiptoe to gain as much leverage as possible” before shoving Jabbari back inside his car service was indisputable evidence to convict him. for a misdemeanor crime of harassment.
The 34-year-old actor, who played supervillain Kang the Conqueror in Marvel’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” cried when his own defense attorney accused his ex, Grace Jabbari, of telling “white lies, big lies.” . , and little lies” as part of a process that, according to the lawyer, was racially motivated.
“His fear of what will happen when a black man in America calls 911 came true,” Priya Chaudhry said in Manhattan Criminal Court as Majors, dressed in a black suit and tie, wiped tears from his cheeks with a tissue.
Jonathan Majors enters court with his current girlfriend Meagan Good. AP
Majors was arrested in March when police discovered injuries on Jabbari, 30, after the actor called them to his Chelsea apartment the morning after the fight inside the private car that broke out when prosecutors said Jabbari snatched his phone to look at a flirtatious text message from a woman named “Cleopatra.”
During four grueling days of testimony, which included several instances in which Jabbari sobbed as she left the stand to take a break, the British dancer and movement coach told jurors that Majors hit me “hard on the head,” knocked off her fingers of the phone and twisted it. his arm behind her back in the fight.
Body camera footage from Jonathan Majors’ trial shows police interviewing his accuser, Grace Jabbari, inside the actor’s Chelsea apartment. Manhattan District Attorney’s Office
Surveillance video from the scene showed Majors picking up Jabbari and pushing her several times into the black Cadillac Escalade after it stopped in Chinatown.
The video shows Jabbari finally following Majors out of the van to the corner of Center and Canal streets, where he extends his arms to pull her away from him before running away, with her chasing him for several city blocks.
The other two charges Majors faces, for intentionally and recklessly assaulting Jabbari, relate to the portion of the altercation that took place inside the back seat of the Cadillac Escalade, rather than outside of it.
Surveillance video showed Majors picking up Jabbari and pushing her several times into the black Cadillac Escalade. Manhattan District Attorney / MEGA
The six jurors began deliberating around 3:30 p.m., and Majors’ fate will likely be decided based on whether the panel believes Jabbari’s account of what happened that night.
The only witness to the alleged attack, the driver of the car, told the jury that he did not see what happened because he was looking “straight ahead” at the road.
The driver claimed to have had the “feeling” that Jabbari was the aggressor, but also said that Majors paid him and acknowledged knowing the actor previously.
Jonathan Majors and his girlfriend Meagan Good arrive at the courthouse today. Steven Hirsch
The driver’s testimony “reveals that he is a partial witness to the man who paid him,” Galaway, the prosecutor, said Thursday.
The ADA also presented evidence of Majors’ past behavior that was uncovered during the two-week trial, including that she begged Jabbari not to go to the hospital after she was injured in a separate incident in September 2022, in an attempt for painting the alleged assault as the culmination of a campaign of “manipulation and abuse” that lasted months.
Majors threatened suicide after Jabbari responded to the “Loki” star that he would “tell the doctor I hit my head,” trial evidence revealed.
The suicide threat “was not a mental health crisis,” Galaway said Thursday.
A judicial drawing by Majors. Jane Rosenberg
“This was a strategically planned tactic to ensure Ms. Jabbari’s compliance,” he added.
Meanwhile, Chaudhry accused Jabbari of “revenge partying” after the alleged assault in March when she went to a club with a group of passersby who offered to help her.
The defense attorney drew the jury’s attention to images of Jabbari toasting with champagne glasses, slicking back his hair and signing a check with his right hand, despite his testimony that Majors had broken his right middle finger when he removed it. from your phone.
The footage showed Jabbari chasing Majors down a Manhattan street. Manhattan District Attorney / MEGA
“You can’t destroy people’s lives with your fantasies,” Chaudhry said of Jabbari.
Chaudhry also emphasized that Jabbari was the one seen on camera chasing Majors after the alleged assault, which Jabbari testified happened because she was furious about Majors’ alleged cheating and wanted answers.
“She didn’t pretend that she was okay with being cheated on,” Galaway said Thursday. “The only thing she was focused on was her devastation from the infidelity.”
Jonathan Majors, accompanied by his girlfriend Meagan Good, enters a Manhattan criminal courtroom in New York, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. AP
“I assure you that Ms. Jabbari testified candidly,” the prosecutor added. “When she didn’t know an answer, she said she didn’t know.”
“She gave you all the details she could about what happened in one brief encounter.”
The older ones could face up to a year behind bars if convicted.
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