Current:Home > NewsJonathan Majors Sentenced to 52-Week Counseling Program in Domestic Violence Case-InfoLens
Jonathan Majors Sentenced to 52-Week Counseling Program in Domestic Violence Case
View Date:2025-01-09 09:35:53
Jonathan Majors won't be facing jail time in his assault case involving his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari.
On April 8, the actor appeared in a New York City courtroom, where he was sentenced to a 52-week in person counseling program and a $250 charge.
Majors has to continue with counseling and give reports to court and can't be arrested in the next year or he will serve a year in jail, per the sentencing.
A full order of protection has also been enforced against Jabbari, except at courthouse in a legal matter.
This sentencing comes four months after a nine-person jury found the former Marvel star guilty of misdemeanor assault and harassment and not guilty on one count of assault in third degree and one count of aggravated harassment.
The charges against Majors stemmed from an alleged March 2023 incident with Jabbari, who said the 34-year-old physically assaulted her in an SUV after she grabbed his phone to see alleged texts between him and another woman.
Majors, who was arrested at the time after police responded to a 911 call, has continuously denied the accusations.
However, after the jury found Majors guilty in December, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said, per NBC News, "The evidence presented throughout this trial illustrated a cycle of psychological and emotional abuse and escalating patterns of coercion far too common across the many intimate partner violence cases we see each and every day."
Bragg also thanked Jabbari for "bravely telling her story despite having to relive her trauma on the stand."
Despite the outcome, Majors' lawyer Priya Chaudhry has maintained his innocence.
"It is clear that the jury did not believe Grace Jabbari's story of what happened in the SUV because they found that Mr. Majors did not intentionally cause any injuries to her. We are grateful for that," Chaudhry said in a statement to NBC News at the time. "We are disappointed, however, that despite not believing Ms. Jabbari, the jury nevertheless found that Mr. Majors was somehow reckless while she was attacking him."
"Mr. Majors is grateful to God, his family, his friends, and his fans for their love and support during these harrowing eight months," she continued. "Mr. Majors still has faith in the process and looks forward to fully clearing his name."
(E! and NBC News are both part of the NBCUniversal family.)
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (7)
Related
- Here's Your First Look at The White Lotus Season 3 With Blackpink’s Lisa and More Stars
- Former federal prosecutor Joe Teirab joins GOP field in Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District
- Mississippi man sentenced to 9 years in prison for attacking Capitol police on Jan. 6
- Liberia’s presidential election likely headed for a run-off in closest race since end of civil war
- Here's what 3 toys were inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame this year
- Hollywood actors strike nears 100th day. Why talks failed and what's next
- Discovery of buried coins in Wales turns out to be Roman treasure: Huge surprise
- AP Week in Pictures: Asia
- South Carolina does not set a date for the next execution after requests for a holiday pause
- The Rolling Stones after six decades: We've got to keep going. When you've got it, flaunt it, you know?
Ranking
- Tropical Storm Sara threatens to bring flash floods and mudslides to Central America
- Fortress recalls 61,000 biometric gun safes after 12-year-old dies
- Lupita Nyong’o and Boyfriend Selema Masekela Break Up After One Year of Dating
- Marine killed in homicide at Camp Lejeune, fellow Marine taken into custody
- She's a trans actress and 'a warrior.' Now, this 'Emilia Pérez' star could make history.
- Popular use of obesity drugs like Ozempic could change consumer habits
- Lupita Nyong'o hints at split from Selema Masekela: 'A season of heartbreak'
- Sidney Powell pleads guilty in case over efforts to overturn Trump’s Georgia loss and gets probation
Recommendation
-
NCT DREAM enters the 'DREAMSCAPE': Members on new album, its concept and songwriting
-
Family of an American held hostage by Hamas urges leaders to do everything, and we mean everything, to bring them back
-
Britney Spears Describes Being All Over Colin Farrell During Passionate 2003 Fling
-
Stephen Rubin, publisher of 'The Da Vinci Code,' dies after 'sudden illness' at 81
-
Vermont man is fit to stand trial over shooting of 3 Palestinian college students
-
Kate Spade Flash Deal: Get This $330 Glitter Satchel for Just $92
-
Sidney Powell pleads guilty in case over efforts to overturn Trump’s Georgia loss and gets probation
-
Southern California university mourns loss of four seniors killed in Pacific Coast Highway crash