Jonathan Majors Loses Even More After Conviction, It’s All Unraveling
Had you said the name “Jonathan Majors” around this time last year, the response would be much different than it is now. The actor had just appeared opposite Glen Powell in the war drama Devotion and would soon be making his MCU big screen debut in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania followed by Creed III. However, a lot can change in a year, and, along with receiving the axe from Marvel following his recent assault conviction, the actor has also been dropped from the project 48 Hours in Vegas, in which he was set to star as basketballer Dennis Rodman.
Along with the news of Jonathan Majors being cut from the title, Lionsgate will also be stepping down, passing the film’s rights back to Phil Lord, Chris Miller, and Aditya Sood for Lord Miller as well as Rodman, Ari Lubet, and Will Allegra. As of right now, no studio has stepped up to throw their name into the ring – or, in this case, onto the court – but once the team secures a new leading man, bidding will likely pick back up. The movie, penned by Jordan VanDina, will center around the iconic Las Vegas trip taken by Dennis Rodman during the 1998 NBA finals.
Although it hasn’t been confirmed, it also sounds like Jonathan Majors will no longer be working with Spike Lee on his upcoming flick, Da Understudy. If this is the case, it would mean that Amazon Studios has also punted the actor from their docket of stars to work with.
It’s been almost a full year since the event that would change Jonathan Majors’s life went down. According to his now ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari, the pair were riding in a private car when she saw some questionable texts on his phone from another woman. When Jabbari attempted to take the phone from her boyfriend, Majors overpowered her, causing massive distress as well as an injury to her middle finger and a cut behind her right ear.
Grace Jabbari then phoned the police to report the incident, and Jonathan Majors was taken into custody. The next year was an ongoing circle of claims and rumors, he said, she said, with the case finally moving into a Manhattan courtroom in December. Over two weeks, both the defense and prosecution presented their case to the judge and jury, with Jabbari struggling to recount the events without getting emotional.
The most damning bit of evidence against Jonathan Majors wasn’t even necessarily from that night last year but was from a batch of texts and audio messages sent to Grace Jabbari throughout their relationship. One, in particular, shed light on a similar event in which Majors seemed to be dissuading Jabbari from seeking medical care after an altercation. The actor even threatened suicide should Jabbari choose to go this route.
On December 18, Jonathan Majors was found guilty of two misdemeanor counts of harassment and assault, with his sentencing set for February 6. Immediately after his verdict was handed down, Marvel Studios announced they would be parting ways with the actor who appeared as Kang the Conqueror in the series Loki and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. As we’re seeing now, Majors’s actions are quickly turning him into a pariah in Hollywood, with studios backing out of their contracts with the actor.
Source: Variety
