Marvel, Disney remove Jonathan Majors from projects after he was found guilty of assaulting ex-girlfriend

Marvel Studios and Walt Disney announced they won't continue projects with actor Jonathan Majors following his conviction for assaulting and harassing his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari.

Majors faced a swift downfall since his arrest on March 26 this year after a heated dispute with Jabbari in a chauffeured SUV. He was convicted on December 18 of third-degree assault and second-degree aggravated assault, out of the four charges brought against him by New York prosecutors.

Throughout the two-week trial, a Manhattan jury listened to four days of testimony from Jabbari. She recounted that the situation turned physical after she noticed romantic texts on Majors' phone. When she tried to take the device, Majors allegedly twisted her arm, causing ‘excruciating pain,’ and struck her in the head, as per Jabbari's testimony to the jurors.

During the trial, surveillance footage presented to the Manhattan jury depicted Majors fleeing through lower Manhattan streets after grabbing the phone and leaving the vehicle, with Jabbari chasing him.

The duo initially met in 2021 on the set of Marvel's ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,’ where Jabbari worked as a movement coach while Majors portrayed the time-traveling villain, known as Kang the Conqueror. The film marked the start of an envisioned collaboration between Majors and Marvel, with plans for future projects, including the ‘Loki’ series and ‘Avengers: The Kang Dynasty,’ scheduled for May 2026.

However, reports suggest uncertainty regarding the future of the character Kang, whether recasting might occur (akin to previous instances in the Captain America series) or if Marvel will alter its direction altogether within the cinematic universe. Marvel has not commented on their association with Majors.

Majors, once seen as a rising star, gained recognition through films like ‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco,’ ‘Devotion,’ ‘Lovecraft Country,’ ‘The Harder They Fall,’ ‘Da 5 Bloods,’ and ‘Creed III.’ His film ‘Magazine Dreams’ was scheduled for release, but Searchlight Pictures, a Disney-owned distributor, withdrew it from the release calendar ahead of the trial.

In the wake of these events, Majors has been dropped by his public relations firm, The Lede Company, and his managers at Entertainment 360. He is awaiting sentencing in February and could face up to a year in prison for the third-degree assault charge.

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