This week actor Jonathan Majors domestic violence case kicked off in New York with Major's team accusing his ex, Grace Jabbari, of being the aggressor in the incident [click here if you missed that].
In Jabbari's team opening arguments they painted Majors as an insecure manipulator who threatened suicide to control Jabbari and told her she needed to make sacrifices for his career like Michelle Obama and Coretta Scott King did for their husbands...
From Business Insider
Marvel actor Jonathan Majors was so controlling toward his ex-girlfriend he told her she needed to make sacrifices for him like Coretta Scott King and Michelle Obama did for their husbands, prosecutors told the jury at the opening of his domestic violence case.
Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Michael Perez depicted Majors as an insecure and violent boyfriend who used a "cruel and manipulative pattern of psychological abuse" against British dancer Grace Jabbari in their relationship. That behavior culminated in an attack on March 25 in the back of a livery car in Chinatown after Jabbari saw a text from another woman on Majors' phone, he said.
Prosecutors accuse Majors of assault and harassment, alleging the Kang the Conqueror actor broke Jabbari's finger, twisted her arm, and struck her in the ear, causing it to bleed.
Before opening arguments began, Manhattan prosecutors consolidated the eight misdemeanor charges against Majors down to four –– two counts of third-degree assault, one count of aggravated harassment and one count of harassment. Jabarri was also charged by the NYPD for misdemeanor assault and harassment, however, the Manhattan District Attorney declined to bring a case against her.
In the opening arguments on Monday morning, prosecutors wove a tale of love that blossomed on a film set and then disintegrated in a jealousy-fueled domestic dispute in the back of a for-hire car.
Majors met Jabbari on the set of "Antman" and sent her his number through an intermediary, according to Perez.
The relationship developed quickly and the two even discussed having children and eventually getting married, according to the assistant district attorney.
Along with those plans for the future, Perez said, were flashes of insecurity and anger from Majors.
"He began to snap at Grace Jabbari and became manipulative," the prosecutor said. "He even threatened suicide to control her."
In June of 2022, she went to a music festival in the UK with a friend where cellphone service was spotty, Perez told the jury.
"He became angry at her and ordered her to return," the prosecutor said. "He told her that she needed to be there when he needed her."
The prosecutor said that he would shout and throw household items, breaking them during arguments.
He got upset when she went to the pub for a drink with a friend and confronted her, Perez said, pulling her earphones out of her ears and saying, "You're stupid if you don't know what you did wrong."
He then threatened to end the relationship, throwing her possessions into a bag, according to the prosecutor.
"He told Grace Jabbari that she needs to live up to the standards of Coretta Scott King and Michelle Obama to make sacrifices for him, because, he told her, 'I am a great man,'" Perez said. "He told her that she needed to comport herself in the way he needed her to be."
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