Jonathan Majors was sentenced to a 52-week domestic abuse prevention program on Monday, after being convicted in December of recklessly assaulting and harassing his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari.
The former Marvel actor was solemn during proceedings, declining to make a statement. Judge Michaeal Gaffey noted that “jail is not necessary” for the misdemeanor domestic violence offense, but said Majors is expected to complete the intensive course in person. He is also barred from owning or applying for a license to obtain a firearm.
Jabbari was granted a full order of protection against Majors. The 31-year-old professional dancer appeared briefly at court to read an emotional victim impact statement, saying that Majors held her in “the palm of his abusive hand” and spoke to the lasting impact his abuse has caused her.
Jabbari, who filed a defamation and assault and battery lawsuit against Majors last month, told the court that she believes that Majors is “not sorry,” and has not taken any responsibility, therefore he “remains a danger to those around him.” “The only reason I’m here is because I want to protect him from hurting other people,” she said. “I will not rest until I feel he is not a danger to anyone else.”
Majors arrived in court with girlfriend actress Meagan Good, reading his Bible before proceedings began. Some of Majors’ fans and online supporters — several wearing red beanies, presumably in a show of solidarity — were escorted into the courtroom by one of Majors’ attorneys. The actor greeted and hugged them when he entered the room.
Majors was found guilty of reckless assault in the third degree and a harassment violation for injuring Jabbari in March 2023. A fight broke out over Majors’ phone after Jabbari saw him receive a romantic text from another woman. Jabbari sustained a fractured finger and a gash behind her ear, but Majors claimed Jabbari was the aggressor that night. The 34-year-old later said he was stunned by the verdict. (Majors was found not guilty of the two more serious charges, intentional assault and aggravated harassment.)
The sentencing was originally set for February, but Majors’ attorneys filed a last-minute motion seeking to overturn the jury’s verdict — which was denied last week.
Last month, Jabbari filed a civil suit against Majors where she detailed more instances where Majors allegedly physically abused her during their nearly two-year relationship. Her legal team argued that Majors defamed Jabbari by making numerous false statements, including in an ABC News interview where Majors said he didn’t know how Jabbari sustained her injuries and claimed he has “never hit a woman … My hands have never struck a woman.”
Majors’ legal team also sought to keep some evidence permanently under seal, including testimonies from two former girlfriends actresses Emma Duncan and Maura Hooper, who claimed Majors was physically and/or emotionally abusive to them. (Majors denied that he was ever physically abusive and described both of the relationships as “toxic.”)
Their accounts were first referred to in Rolling Stone’s investigation from June where more than a dozen sources — who are friends with the women or were present during their relationship — independently corroborated details of the alleged abuse. At the time, Duncan and Hooper women declined to comment for the original article, with one of the women, through a spokesperson, citing fear of retribution. “It was pervasively known that he was [a good actor], and that he also would terrorize the people that he had dated,” one of the dozen sources told Rolling Stone.
A fourth woman also came forward to Rolling Stone as part of the investigation but pulled out shortly before publication. In an interview with The Cut — who gave her the pseudonym “Anna” — the woman claimed she was also in an abusive relationship with Majors. Anna said she backed out of Rolling Stone’s June article because she received a threatening letter allegedly sent by a legal assistant, who claimed Anna was being investigated by a law firm and was part of an “ongoing criminal investigation.”
Although Majors’ criminal case in New York is behind him, London’s Metropolitan Police confirmed to Rolling Stone in November that there is an ongoing investigation into allegations of “physical assaults” that occurred September 2022. The alleged assaults seem to pertain to an incident Jabbari highlighted in her civil case against Majors. The actor allegedly threw Jabbari onto the hood of a car, covering her mouth as she shouted for help at their shared home in London. After bringing her back inside, he allegedly banged her “head against the marble floor while strangling her until she felt she could no longer breathe,” according to court documents. Majors allegedly threatened to kill Jabbari, who sustained a head injury and could “barely move without pain … [and] have a constant ringing headache.”
Apart from his primetime ABC News interview, Majors has not publicly spoken about the case. In the past year, he’s gone from early Oscar buzz for Magazine Dreams to being dropped from nearly all his slated projects, including a Dennis Rodman biopic and his tentpole Marvel movie. However, he’s stated his hope of returning to Hollywood and was recently seen attending red carpet events with girlfriend actress Meagan Good.
