NEW YORK.- Rising Hollywood star Jonathan Majors was found guilty Monday of assaulting and harassing his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari, prompting the production company Marvel remove it from your plans for future productions of superhroes.
He actor He faces a sentence of up to one year in prison, a situation that has disrupted Marvel’s plans, which had the villain Kang the Conqueror, played by Majors, as the protagonist in several of its upcoming films.
The studio will not continue working with Jonathan Majors, a source close to the case told AFP.
Majors debut as Kang the Conqueror in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania in early 2023, and was scheduled to appear in at least two films that were going to be shot The Avengersthe most important franchise in the Marvel universe.
Psychological and emotional aggression
Police reported that they had responded to an emergency call in Manhattan for an alleged domestic dispute between Majors and Jabbari in late March, when they were still a couple.
Majors had received a text message and Jabbari had tried to pick up his phone, believing he was talking to another woman, local media reported.
“Jonathan Majors was found guilty by a Manhattan Criminal Court jury of assault in the third degree and harassment in the second degree,” the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
The actor will know his sentence on February 6, he added.
“The evidence presented throughout this trial showed a stage of aggression psychological and emotional problems, and an escalation of patterns of coercion,” said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
FUENTE: AFP
