Rolling Stone has obtained an audio recording of actor and former Marvel star Jonathan Majors admitting to strangling his ex-girlfriend, dancer Grace Jabbari, in September of 2022, months earlier than Majors was arrested for bodily assaulting Jabbari in March of 2023. As described within the subsequent lawsuit, the incident concerned Majors slamming Jabbari towards a automotive, dragging her again into their residence, and strangling her.
You possibly can hear the recording in Rolling Stone’s story, however the publication’s recounting of the change reads as follows:
“I’m ashamed I’ve ever— ” Majors begins, earlier than slicing himself off. “I’ve by no means [been] aggressive with a girl earlier than. I’ve by no means aggressed a girl — I aggressed you.”
“You strangled me and pushed me towards the automotive,” Jabbari interjects.
“Sure, all these issues are beneath ‘aggressed,’ yeah.” Majors responds. “That’s by no means occurred to me.”
“As a result of I stated one thing sarcastically, in your eyes?” Jabbari says.
“Nicely clearly, it’s greater than that,” Majors says.
“One thing inside you,” Jabbari says.
“Yeah, in direction of you,” Majors agrees, earlier than the recording ends.
Majors was lastly discovered responsible of 1 misdemeanor assault cost and one harassment violation in December 2023. The fallout resulted within the lack of his function as Kang the Conqueror within the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the superhero franchise pivoting away from the villain solely in favor of Physician Doom, to be performed by Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr.
Within the time since, Majors has been working to rehabilitate his picture and was just lately the main target of an enormous profile at The Hollywood Reporter, timed to land near the discharge of Majors’ movie Journal Desires, during which he talked about what his life may appear to be after the trial.
“Sooner or later, there needs to be accountability for writing your personal story,” Majors instructed THR. “Am I going to fall into that narrative of falling aside, of self-destruction? Have a battle, blame the world. Have a battle, hate your self. Have a battle, deny every little thing. None of these narratives is helpful.”
Will Majors’ recorded confession change something? That continues to be to be seen, however the actor nonetheless appears to have supporters in Hollywood, together with fellow Marvel and Creed actor Michael B. Jordan, who stated in a latest interview with GQ that he would nonetheless work with Majors once more.
