Just when it looked like Jonathan Majors’ legal issues were coming to a close, new life has been breathed into them, thanks to a new civil suit filed by his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari.
On Tuesday, Majors was sued for malicious prosecution, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, assault and battery. Jabbari is seeking “compensatory damages and punitive damages in an amount that is to be determined at trial,” per an exclusive report by Rolling Stone.
Allegations in the suit stem from incidents that allegedly happened between 2021 — after they first met on the set of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania which was filming in London — and 2023. Specifically, an alleged physical altercation between that two that occurred in September 2022 is paramount in this civil suit.
You may recall this particular incident was briefly referenced during Majors’ domestic dispute trial in 2023.
Rolling Stone has more:
Majors is accused of throwing Jabbari onto the hood of a car, covering her mouth as she shouted for help. After bringing her back inside their home, 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.”
The defamation allegation stems from comments Majors and his lawyer Priya Chaudhry made in the aftermath of the domestic dispute case. Jabbari’s legal team specifically referenced a statement in his ABC interview with Lindsay Davis in which he denied ever hitting a woman (“My hands have never struck a woman”) and an interview Chaudhry did with The Cut in which she allegedly said, “Honestly, I don’t give a shit…The idea that I should coddle [Jabbari feels like suggesting] I should coddle the woman who accused Emmett Till.”
The malicious prosecution allegation stems from the action Majors’ took in June 2023, when he filed a cross-complaint against Jabbari and alleged that she was the aggressor in the March 2023 incident that spawned his criminal trial.
The other three charges stem from the incidents that allegedly happened in June, August and September 2022 while the couple was in London — one of which involved Majors allegedly losing his temper and throwing things at Jabbari after she invited friends over to their house after a night out at a pub. (This incident was brought up in Majors’ criminal trial but the physicality was overshadowed by comments Majors’ allegedly made to Jabbari about needing her behavior to be more like Coretta Scott King and Michelle Obama.)
Another incident, which was also briefly referenced in the criminal case, happened in September 2022 but could not be discussed in detail during the criminal case but text messages in the aftermath were admitted to be dissected thanks to Chaudhry’s line of questioning during her cross-examination of Jabbari.
Rolling Stone details the alleged September incident:
On Sept. 20, 2022, Majors “became physically aggressive” the suit claims, when “Majors pushed Grace so hard that it bruised her backside.” Jabbari attempted to leave the house and Majors allegedly “picked Grace up in the air and threw her against the hood of her car,” according to court documents. “Grace began shouting for help. Majors then forcefully grabbed Grace, placing her in a headlock and put his hand over her mouth to prevent someone from hearing her cries for help.
He brought Grace back into their house and held his hands around her neck, stating that he wanted to kill her, and that he was going to kill her. Majors then started hitting Grace’s head against the marble floor while strangling her until she felt she could no longer breathe.”
The alleged June incident transpired after Majors’ allegedly began yelling at Jabbari and “pinned her arms to her side before shoving her against a shower door and throwing her against a wall, which caused her to hit her head, the suit claims. Later, Majors threw candles and objects around their bedroom.”
In a statement regarding the suit, Jabbari’s attorney Brittany Henderson wrote:
“When publicly confronted with Grace’s numerous allegations of abuse, Majors has called her a liar at every turn and very specifically claimed that he has never put his hands on a woman, with the goal of convincing the world that Grace is not a victim of domestic abuse but instead a crazy liar who should be treated as such.It takes true bravery to hold someone with this level of power and acclaim accountable. Bravery that Grace Jabbari has demonstrated at every stage of the legal process. We strongly believe that through this action, truth and transparency will bring Grace the justice that she deserves.”
As previously reported by The Root in December 2023, Majors was found guilty of third degree reckless assault and harassment. He faces up a year in jail and is set to be sentenced on April 8.