- Title: Actor Jonathan Majors arrested in New York on assault charges
- Date: 26th March 2023
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FEBRUARY 27, 2023) (Reuters) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** MAJORS CORRECTING A REPORTER'S COLLAR (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, JONATHAN MAJORS, SAYING: "Best not to think about. Best not to think about it. I kind of had to actively block that out. Ok, he's just an actor right now because if I try and please my director or... I don't think I'd punch my director. You know what I mean? So it was a bit of a mind trick for both of us but he did an incredible job at it. I watched his agility, his empathetic agility to move back and forth and as his actor, I was covered from both ends. I knew where his mind and I knew where his spirit was in the moment, so it felt good." BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (MARCH 12, 2023) (REUTERS) JONATHAN MAJORS POSING WITH WANDA SYKES BEHIND HIM / SYKES RUNNING OFF TO MICHAEL B. JORDAN / SYKES AND JORDAN KISS / JORDAN POSING JONATHAN MAJORS AND MICHAEL B. JORDAN POSING
- Embargoed: 9th April 2023 19:32
- Keywords: Creed III Joonathan Majors Majors arrest domestic dispute
- Location: Various
- City: Various
- Country: US
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime,North America
- Reuters ID: LVA002040126032023RP1
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- Story Text:The actor, Jonathan Majors, was arrested in New York City over the weekend on assault and harassment charges, leading to the U.S. Army pulling new advertisements featuring the "Creed III" star.
Majors, who recently presented an award at the Oscars alongside his "Creed III" co-star Michael B. Jordan, was arrested on Saturday morning in Manhattan following a domestic dispute, according to police and his defense lawyer.
A 30-year-old woman suffered minor injuries to her head and neck and was taken to a hospital in stable condition, the New York Police Department said. Majors, 33, appeared in court for arraignment later on Saturday and was released without bail.
He was charged in a criminal complaint with striking the woman's face with his open hand, causing a laceration behind her ear, and of grabbing her hand and neck, causing bruising.
Priya Chaudhry, Majors' defense lawyer, said in a statement that Majors was innocent and that he was "probably the victim of an altercation with a woman he knows."
She said that the episode occurred in a vehicle and that the driver who witnessed it would help exonerate Majors. She also said that the woman, who has not been publicly named, had provided two written statements "recanting these allegations."
The U.S. Army said it was temporarily pulling new campaign advertisements featuring Majors.
"While Mr. Majors is innocent until proven guilty, prudence dictates that we pull our ads until the investigation into these allegations is complete," Laura DeFrancisco, a spokesperson for the Army Enterprise Marketing Office, said in a statement.
Majors rose to fame in the 2019 film "The Last Black Man in San Francisco" and appeared in Marvel's "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania," released this year.
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