Things aren’t looking too good for Marvel’s “big bad” star Jonathan Majors, as it was decided that his domestic dispute case would move forward and go to trial in November.
The ruling was handed down by a New York judge who, during a hearing on Wednesday, rejected Majors’ team’s motion to dismiss the charges and the case in its entirety. Trial for the Ant-Man actor is set for Nov. 29, per The Hollywood Reporter. Additionally, Majors’ team also filed a motion “under seal” to request that “certain evidentiary matter continue to be under seal, outside of public view.” They allege that the evidentiary matter contains “sensitive information” that could pose a risk to Majors’ right to a fair trial.
This decision comes months after numerous pre-trial hearings and a plethora of conflicting accounts of what happened back in March when the Devotion star was taken into custody and later released over alleged abuse of his accuser and ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari. He currently faces “two counts of assault in the third degree, attempted assault in the third degree, aggravated harassment in the second degree, and harassment in the second degree.” If convicted, he could spend up to a year in jail.
As previously reported by The Root, less than 24 hours before this hearing, a new 115 page filing by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office was released. In it, prosecutors in the case were trying to secure a police report from Sep. 2022 in London, England. While the specifics of the report are unknown, the prosecutorial team alleged that it’s relevant to their case as it “references medical care obtained by [Grace] Jabbari [the woman accusing Majors] at that time.” For context, Jabari is a U.K. citizen who worked as a movement coach for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and Majors was reportedly in London filming season two of the popular Disney+ series Loki at the time of the police report’s creation.
The filing also alleged that Majors’ legal team “leaked and misrepresented court evidence, as well as attempted to have police create a wanted poster with Jabbari’s photo.” This allegation was reiterated again during Wednesday’s hearing when Major’s team refuted the D.A.’s finding, instead arguing that they were “not initially provide a copy of the I-Card authorizing Jabbari’s arrest in June” and also did not disclose “the state’s ‘purported attempted’ to ‘deactivate’ the open NYPD I-Card and urge the NYPD not to investigate or charge Ms. Jabbari.”
In response to that, the prosecutorial team fired back and alleged that the NYPD actually first told Majors’ team they had authorized an I-Card for Jabbari’s arrest on June 23, but that police did not inform them until late August. They also argued that the alleged “wanted” poster—which they claim was “issued in connection with the I-Card”—featured a photo of Jabbari provided by the defense, disproving Majors’ teams argument that they weren’t aware of the I-Card’s existence.
For additional context, news of the I-Card’s issuance and subsequent “deactivation”—which authorizes authorities to bring someone in for questioning under probable cause—was made public per a sworn affidavit and domestic incident report obtained by Insider back in June. With the deactivation in place, this means Majors’ accuser won’t be investigated or arrested for the time being—despite NYPD allegedly saying that they had “probable cause for arrest.” Majors’ legal team has since filed a cross-complaint against her and has maintained his innocence since the beginning.