Fired Marvel star Jonathan Majors wiped away tears during his first interview about his conviction for assaulting ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari, saying he was “absolutely shocked and scared” to be found guilty.
“I’m standing there and the verdict is pronounced,” he told “Good Morning America” in a tearful interview that aired Monday.
“I say, ‘How is that possible based on the evidence, the prosecution’s evidence, much less our evidence?’ How is that possible?'”
The moment the guilty verdict was announced in Manhattan Criminal Court on December 18 was, he said, “like the world had stopped.”
“It’s like you work really hard for things. And then you know, that’s it,” the 34-year-old actor said he was destined to become Marvel’s next big villain like Kang the Conqueror.
Majors was arrested on March 25 after he and Jabbari got into a domestic dispute while taking a cab home from a bar in Brooklyn.
The altercation began when Jabbari saw Majors receive a text message from another woman that said, “I wish I was kissing you,” he testified in court.
Jonathan Majors wiped away a tear in an interview with “Good Morning America” that aired Monday, as he described his reaction to being convicted of assault. ABC
Jabbari, a 31-year-old English dancer, accused Majors of slapping her, fracturing her finger, twisting her arm and punching her right ear, causing it to bleed, while holding the cell phone.
The disgraced actor admitted mistakes in his relationship with Jabbari, including not ending it sooner when it was clear it wasn’t working out.
However, he maintained that he did not hit her and said he “wished to God” he knew how she was hurt.
“I was reckless with his heart. Not with her body,” she told “GMA.”
“I wasn’t the best boyfriend all the time, but I never hit a woman. “My hands have never hit a woman,” she said.
“I am an athlete. I am an athlete, I know my body. I know how it moves. I know my strength or lack thereof, you know?
The 34-year-old actor would become Marvel’s next popular villain as Kang the Conqueror. ABC
“None of that was used on her.”
Still, he told ABC News’ Linsey Davis that picking up Jabbari that night was “one of the biggest mistakes of my life,” while blaming his legal problems on racism.
“From my experience, from my point of view, a young black man in any situation with someone honestly, if the authorities get involved in any way, there will be conversation, there will be conflict, there will be trauma,” he said.
“If you watch those videos and reverse it, and you see a black man chasing a young white woman down the street, screaming and crying, that man will be shot and killed on the streets of New York City.
“That black man will feel that.”
But in court, prosecutors claimed Majors inflicted a “manipulative pattern of psychological abuse” and physical abuse, culminating in the assault in the van.
Majors was arrested on March 25 after he and his then-girlfriend Jabbari had a domestic dispute. Manhattan District Attorney’s Office
They read text messages he sent imploring Jabbari not to seek medical attention in September 2022 for a head injury, although it is unclear how he received the alleged injury.
Majors reportedly texted: “It could lead to an investigation if you lie and they suspect something.”
The “Lovecraft Country” star told “GMA” that the injuries were fake and received a text message about the head injury the morning after an argument.
“I got these text messages and I thought, ‘This is literally a nightmare.’
“‘I don’t know what’s wrong. I don’t know what happened. I don’t know what injuries you’re talking about,'” he said.
Jurors also heard a recording Jabbari took on his iPhone of Majors demanding that she behave like Coretta Scott King or Michelle Obama.
In the recording, Majors can be heard saying that he is a “great man” who does “great things for my culture and for the world” and that “the woman who supports me must be a great woman.”
Majors maintained his innocence and said he “wished to God” he knew how Jabbari suffered his injuries. Manhattan District Attorney’s Office
The actor said in Monday’s interview that he was simply “trying to give an analogy of what I aspire to be, you know, these great men – Martin, President Obama – and trying to give a reference point to that.
“I was trying, and apparently I did a terrible job, I was trying to motivate, to enlighten, to give perspectives on what I was hoping to get out of the relationship.”
Majors was convicted Dec. 18 of one count of third-degree assault and one count of harassment, but was acquitted of another count of assault and one count of aggravated harassment.
He will be sentenced on February 6 and faces up to a year in prison.
An attorney who represented Jabbari in court, Brittany Henderson, told The Post on Monday that “it is not at all surprising that Mr. Majors continues to take no responsibility for his actions.
“His denigration of our jury system is no different from the above-the-law attitude he has maintained throughout this legal process,” he said.
Jonathan Majors and Grace Jabbari Getty Images
“The timing of these new statements demonstrates a clear lack of remorse for the actions for which he was found guilty and should make the court’s sentencing decision much easier.
“EM. Jabbari will continue to tell the truth and seek justice in the appropriate forums in a continued effort to respect our legal process.”
The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined to comment Monday, saying, “We’ll talk in court.”
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