This week Jonathan Majors domestic violence trial kicked off in New York [click here if you missed that].
In the opening argument both teams accused the other of starting the fight...
From The Blast
Hollywood star Jonathan Majors’ infamous assault trial has officially begun with opening statements from both sides. Majors is accused of being violent to his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari, during a confrontation in his car.
So far, Judge Michael Gaffey has made two rulings, allowing the jury to know about Jabbari’s arrest and to enforce a seal on evidence against Majors.
Majors’s attorneys insist that Jabbari was the aggressor and even filed a countersuit, but the DA refused to prosecute her. The assault case has severely affected Majors’ acting career since his arrest in March and cost him several roles and potential awards.
On Monday, opening statements in actor Majors’ criminal assault case officially began. The actor is charged with the alleged violent assault of his former girlfriend, Jabbari, during a heated argument. The opening statements started the week after jury selection, and preliminary hearings were held last week.
The jury of six people and two alternates will hear about the extent of Majors’ guilt from the prosecution and defense. According to prosecutors, Jabbari and Majors were in a car last March when they began arguing about a sexual text the actor received from another woman.
Jabbari allegedly snatched the phone, which Majors retrieved by allegedly pulling her fingers, twisting her arms behind her back, and hitting her face severally. When the car stopped and the former couple got out, Jabbari’s lawyer, assistant Manhattan District Attorney Michael Perez, claims that Majors threw her back into the vehicle forcefully.
Perez asserted that there is footage of Majors tossing Jabarri “like a football back into the Escalade.” He repeatedly noted that the Marvel star “struck, shoved and otherwise subjected Grace Jabbari to physical contact” with the intention to harass her, adding that there’s video proof to support Jabbari’s claim.
In a not-so-surprising move, Majors’ lawyer Priya Chaudhry’s account of things greatly contrasted that of the prosecutors. Chaudhry highlighted Jabbari’s night of partying after what she called a “seconds-long altercation over a text” with Majors.
She added that the alleged victim eventually went back to their home alone, while Majors returned to a hotel room and disclosed the end of their relationship to Jabbari.
Chaudhry noted to the jury that the prosecutors would attempt to distract them “with stories about the months and years prior to that incident” and also bring up “things about Jonathan Majors that had nothing to do with what happened in the car.”
She pleaded with them to “end this nightmare for” Majors while speaking about the actor’s struggles to attain some success in Hollywood and get to the point he is in his acting career.
In his opening statement, Perez claimed that Jabbari’s reluctance to speak out on what happened on that fateful night was because of how “the defendant [Majors] has manipulated her in the past and trained her to stay silent.” The attorney also stated that Majors’ presence during the police interview intimidated Jabbari.
The “Loki” actor’s lawyer, Chaudhry, then argued that evidence would reveal how Jabbari told the police that she had no idea of what happened to her and only decided to link her injuries to Majors after she was asked if the actor had inflicted them.
Chaudhry said, “She made these false statements to take away everything he has spent his whole life working for… This is a case about the end of a relationship, not about a crime — at least not one that Mr. Majors committed. This man is innocent.”
Like the past few days, Majors arrived in court alongside his girlfriend, actress Meagan Good, for the Monday trial. He also came along with his mother and other family members.
15 comments:
Laughable. She's like 120 lbs soaking wet And he's KANG. she's the aggressor ? Please ! Y'all will see when it happens to Megan and she sues him for DV
What's laughable is the idea that petite or small women can't be aggressive. I see little chicks getting up in men's faces all the time talking smack because they think their size is gonna protect them. Not saying any man should beat women but don't put hands on somebody and not expect a reaction, no matter what your size is.
As for Majors, if there's video evidence he can hang it up. But that doesn't explain why she was also arrested after the fact and why his defense team didn't go for a plea deal because I'm sure this evidence was turned over in discovery. But go ahead and roll that beautiful bean footage. And whoever did this write-up needs to retake English 101. Half of it is poorly structured and it's hitting her face SEVERELY, not severally.
Violence is never ok
Good grief...all of this over a misdemeanor!!!
I think they were both fighting with each other. She snatched his phone aggressively, he retaliated, then she later went out partying at the club. He got a hotel to give them some space and when he returned home, she was passed out after drinking too much. He called an ambulance when she wouldn't wake up, paid her dust and in retaliation she said he beat her up. Do I believe he's an arrogant a-hole whose star was rising and wanted everyone to bow down before him? Yes, absolutely. That was his downfall and now God is handing him this butt whippin. No matter what the verdict will be, everything he's worked for has gone down the drain. He's finished.
She was arrested because his lawyer pressed charges, but the DA thought it was bogus and refused to prosecute. Majors’ lawyer has set this up in the press to make the victim seem like the guilty party. She’s not.
Has anyone noticed that not one of Jonathan’s compatriots has come to his defense? Nobody in the black movie community is standing up for him. He is supposed to be a nasty piece of work.
The prosecution team is all through these comments.
^^^The evidence is all through these comments.
As if the prosecution team cares about any of y'all's opinions on a god damn thing lmao
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She found a sexual text, stole the man's phone, he snatched is property back but yet he's being tried. The prosecutors must not have any other cases because a phone tussle is a ridiculous one. I can't believe it made it to trial. Even if they shived each other, they could've broken up and moved on but she is scorned and wants him to pay for dumping her.
There is phone footage of him attacking her, as well as witnesses, as she tried to get out to get out of the cab. And the cab driver will be testifying. Calling her “a scorned woman” when there is factual evidence of his ongoing violent behavior is just stupid.
11:44 you are stupid because she stole his property when she's not his wife. His phone wasn't her business. If there was video evidence they would've released it but there isn't.
4:51 Black folks in Hollywood would never stand with a Black man vs a White woman because that equals career suicide. Btw, there are Black folks standing who aren't scared like Black comedians because they don't need Hollywood.
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