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Jonathan Majors’ ex-girlfriend sued him on civil charges including assault, battery, defamation and infliction of emotional distress on Tuesday, three months after the actor was convicted in a criminal trial of assaulting her in New York City.
British dancer Grace Jabbari, 31, filed the case in federal court in Manhattan, claiming Majors subjected her to increased incidents of physical and verbal abuse from 2021 to 2023.
“Grace Jabbari’s resolve has never wavered,” her attorney, Brittany Henderson, said in an email to The Associated Press. “She has shown tremendous bravery in seeking accountability. “This action will shed light on the truth, giving her the final justice and judgment she deserves.”
Majors, 34, maintained his innocence throughout the criminal case. A Manhattan jury convicted him in December of a misdemeanor charge and a harassment violation stemming from a confrontation with Jabbari last March. He was also acquitted of a separate assault charge and aggravated harassment. Sentencing has been set for April 8.
Jabbari said the majors attacked him in the car and left him in “excruciating” pain; His lawyers alleged that Jabbari was the attacker.
Majors’ lawyer in the criminal case, Priya Chaudhary, said in an emailed statement that the lawsuit “comes as no surprise. Mr. Majors is preparing a counterclaim against Ms. Jabbari.” She did not elaborate.
Other lawyers and a representative for Majors did not immediately respond to messages Tuesday.
The “Creed III” star hoped the criminal trial would exonerate him and restore his status as a rising Hollywood star. But just hours after the decision, Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Co. removed them.
The new lawsuit says Jabbari and Majors first met in August 2021, immediately began dating and she fell in love with him.
The lawsuit alleges a series of incidents where Major displayed controlling and abusive behavior, including a demand in June 2022 that she “never again go anywhere where she would not be available to reach him at all times.”
The lawsuit claims that the following month, Majors became enraged and threw her into a shower wall in Los Angeles, hitting her head against the wall.
The lawsuit says that in September 2022, while they were shooting the Marvel series “Loki,” they moved into a London flat together, with Major Jabbari inviting her friend to her new home. Had become angry.
“Majors lifted Grace into the air and threw her onto the hood of her car,” the suit states. “Grace started screaming for help. The Major then forcefully grabbed Grace, put her in a headlock and placed his hand over her mouth so that no one could hear her screaming for help.
The lawsuit alleges that Major brought Jabbari to his flat and put his hands around her neck and said that he wanted to kill her. According to the suit, he began hitting her head on the marble floor, “strangling her until she felt she could no longer breathe.”
Jabbari said he did not seek medical attention after the incident because of Major’s insistence and his concerns about his career, the lawsuit says. Legal filings allege that Major also threatened to kill himself.
The lawsuit says that despite the alleged abuse, Jabbari remained with Majors. It states, “Like many victims of domestic violence, Grace believed that Defendant Major would change and stop abusing her.”
In December 2022, they moved into an apartment in New York. The abuse continued there, leading to an assault charge being filed against Major, the lawsuit says.
In that case, Jabbari accused Major of striking her over the head with his open hand, twisting her arm behind her back and squeezing her middle finger until it was fractured.
Major’s lawyers alleged that she flew into a jealous rage after reading another woman’s text messages on his phone. He said Jabbari had spread a “fantasy” to kill the actor, who was only trying to get his phone back and escape safely.
The lawsuit also accuses Major of defamation and malicious prosecution for allegedly lying in media interviews that he never abused Jabbari and filing a criminal complaint against him for the incident that led to his arrest, Claiming that he was the victim.
“Majors behaved as many domestic abusers do by attempting to blame his victim,” the lawsuit says.
Jabbari was briefly arrested in a New York City police station based on Major’s claims, but prosecutors dropped all charges the next day.
The lawsuit says Jabbari is seeking at least $75,000 in damages and other costs.
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