{"id":88527,"date":"2024-04-08T14:36:13","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T14:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/08\/jonathan-majors-sentenced-to-one-year-of-domestic-assault-counseling\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T14:36:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T14:36:13","slug":"jonathan-majors-sentenced-to-one-year-of-domestic-assault-counseling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/08\/jonathan-majors-sentenced-to-one-year-of-domestic-assault-counseling\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Majors Sentenced to One Year of Domestic Assault Counseling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap\"><strong>Jonathan Majors<\/strong> will spend zero time behind bars after being convicted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2023\/12\/jonathan-majors-trial-opening-statements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his domestic assault trial<\/a> last December. Instead, he has been sentenced to one year of domestic violence counseling, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/jonathan-majors-sentencing-assault-grace-jabbari-1235959481\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to <em>Variety<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em> The actor, best known for <em>Creed III<\/em> and <em>Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,<\/em> was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/jonathan-majors-found-guilty-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found guilty<\/a> on two charges\u2014reckless assault in the third degree and one count of harassment against his ex-partner <strong>Grace Jabbari.<\/strong> He was acquitted on two other counts of intentional assault and aggravated harassment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is not sorry and has not accepted responsibility. He will do this again. He will hurt another woman. This is a man who believes he\u2019s above the law,\u201d Jabbari reportedly said in court on Monday via her victim impact statement. \u201cI had a career and life and body, all of which he\u2019s damaged.\u201d Majors appeared in person alongside his girlfriend, <strong>Meagan Good.<\/strong> Last week, Judge <strong>Michael Gaffey<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/04\/jonathan-majors-denied-conviction-overturned-assault-1235875233\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">denied<\/a> the defense motion to overturn his convictions, opting to proceed toward sentencing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Majors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/general-news\/jonathan-majors-trial-begins-1235698096\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">faced up to a year in jail<\/a> after his conviction, which left him feeling \u201cabsolutely shocked and afraid,\u201d as the actor told ABC News in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/jonathan-majors-breaks-his-silence-after-assault-conviction-i-was-reckless-with-her-heart-not-with-her-body\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first post-trial interview<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">While breaking his silence on the verdict, Majors maintained his innocence regarding the misdemeanor charges of assault and harassment originating from an <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/jonathan-majors-arrested-3ccf23bb407f5e6d2441ccc536b254f2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alleged domestic altercation<\/a> with Jabbari last March. Majors, who did not testify at the trial, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2023\/03\/jonathan-majors-arrested-in-nyc-on-assault-charges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was arrested<\/a> March 25 after his then girlfriend was transported to a New York\u2013area hospital with \u201cminor injuries to her head and neck,\u201d the NYPD said in a statement at the time. Prosecutors said Jabbari was riding in the back of a vehicle with Majors when she grabbed his phone away after seeing a text message that said, \u201cWish I was kissing you right now,\u201d sent by a woman <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/film\/news\/jonathan-majors-assault-trial-opening-statements-begin-1235820346\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">listed in the actor\u2019s phone<\/a> as \u201cCleopatra.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">During <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2023\/12\/jonathan-majors-accuser-grace-jabbari-testifies-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her testimony<\/a>, Jabbari emotionally detailed Majors\u2019s \u201cviolent temper\u201d throughout their two-year relationship. In a September 2022 text exchange shared with jurors, Majors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/jonathan-majors-apparently-threatened-his-own-life-discouraged-ex-grace-jabbari-from-seeking-medical-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeared to threaten suicide<\/a> if Jabbari sought medical treatment for her injured head. \u201cI was reckless with her heart, not with her body,\u201d Majors told ABC News, later adding, \u201cMy hands have never struck a woman, ever,\u201d and telling the outlet that he plans to appeal the conviction. In response to Majors\u2019s interview, an attorney for Jabbari, <strong>Brittany Henderson,<\/strong> said in a statement to ABC News that \u201cthe timing of these new statements demonstrates a clear lack of remorse for the actions for which he was found guilty and should make the sentencing decisions fairly easy for the court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">In the trial\u2019s aftermath, Marvel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/jonathan-majors-found-guilty-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cut ties with Majors<\/a>, scrapping its reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2023\/04\/jonathan-majors-his-marvel-future-if-there-is-one-is-a-long-way-off\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plans to center multiple films around the actor\u2019s franchise character, Kang<\/a>. Prior to that, Majors\u2019s public relations firm <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/film\/news\/jonathan-majors-dropped-manager-domestic-violence-charges-1235586333\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">parted ways<\/a> with him, and he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2023\/04\/jonathan-majors-has-reportedly-been-dropped-by-his-manager-and-pr-firm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dropped<\/a> by his longtime management company due to \u201cissues surrounding the actor\u2019s personal behavior,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/04\/jonathan-majors-dropped-hollywood-manager-domestic-violence-1235325576\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadline<\/a> (he remains a client of management agency WME). A week after Majors broke his silence on the verdict, Searchlight Pictures, the once-distributor of his film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2023\/01\/jonathan-majors-magazine-dreams-sundance#:~:text=Magazine%20Dreams%20is%20an%20incredibly,more%20sadistically%20torturing%20than%20compassionate.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Magazine Dreams<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> which debuted at Sundance to acclaim, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/jonathan-majors-magazine-dreams-leaves-searchlight-1235787320\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">returned the movie\u2019s rights<\/a> to the filmmakers, per <em>The Hollywood Reporter.<\/em> The project remains undated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">In January before his sentencing, Majors was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/01\/30\/jonathan-majors-guilty-religion-faith-prayer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spotted by TMZ<\/a> in West Hollywood, where he told the camera, \u201cGod is good.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/jonathan-majors-sentenced-to-one-year-of-domestic-assault-counseling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Majors will spend zero time behind bars after being convicted in his domestic assault trial last December. Instead, he has been sentenced to one year of domestic violence counseling, according to Variety. The actor, best known for Creed III and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, was found guilty on two charges\u2014reckless assault in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[192,195,697,4629,2001],"class_list":{"0":"post-88527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity","8":"tag-courts","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-jonathan-majors","11":"tag-law","12":"tag-true-crime"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}