Jonathan Majors, star of Creed III and Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania, was arrested over the weekend due to allegations of domestic violence against him. Source: ColliderVideo/Wikimedia
Actor Jonathan Majors (33) was arrested in New York City on Saturday morning on suspicion of strangulation, assault and harassment.
The allegations are believed to be related to domestic violence.
According to the New York Police Department (NYPD), officers responded to an emergency call in the Chelsea area shortly after 11am. A “preliminary investigation determined” that there had been a domestic dispute between Majors and a 30-year-old woman.
The woman told officers she had been assaulted, and she had “minor injuries to her head and neck,” according to the NYPD’s statement. She was transported to hospital, where she was in a stable condition.
Majors was arrested at the scene.
A spokesperson for Majors has told media that he “has done nothing wrong. We look forward to clearing his name and clearing this up.”
Majors’ criminal defence lawyer Priya Chaudhry said in a statement yesterday that his client is “completely innocent and provably the victim of an altercation with a woman he knows.”
They are “gathering and presenting evidence” including “video footage from the vehicle where this episode took place, witness testimony from the driver and others who both saw and heard the episode, and most importantly, two written statements from the woman recanting these allegations.”
Chaudhry says the evidence will be presented to the district attorney, and accused the woman involved in the case to be “having an emotional crisis.”
Majors’ fame has skyrocketed internationally this past year with starring roles in Creed III, and Marvel’s Antman and the Wasp: Quantamania, where he has signed a multi-movie deal to be the new main villain across Marvel’s blockbuster movie and TV franchises.
But Majors is already facing potential career fallout from the incident. The actor was recently featured as the voice of the US Army’s new “Be All You Can Be” marketing campaign, targeted at increasing youth interest in joining the army.
In a statement the Army Enterprise Marketing Office said that they are “deeply concerned” about the allegations regarding the arrest of Majors.
“While Mr. Majors is innocent until proven guilty, prudence dictates that we pull our ads until the investigation into these allegations is completed,” they also said.
