Actor Jonathan Majors, who recently starred in “Creed III” and “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” was arrested Saturday morning (26) on charges of assault in a domestic dispute, according to New York police. .
Majors, 33, was taken into custody after an emergency call was made from an apartment in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, according to a statement issued by the New York Police Department (NYPD).
“The victim informed the police that she was attacked,” says the statement. The 30-year-old woman had “minor injuries to her head and neck,” police said.
Majors faces strangulation, assault and harassment charges, according to the NYPD.
Majors’ lawyer, Priya Chaudhry, said the actor is “completely innocent” and was “probably the victim of an argument with a woman he knows”.
“We are accumulating and presenting evidence to the District Attorney with the expectation that all charges will be dropped imminently,” Chaudhry said in a statement on Sunday.
Evidence would include two written statements by the woman retracting the allegations, the lawyer alleged, as well as video footage of a vehicle near where the incident allegedly took place and testimony from the driver and other witnesses.
“All evidence proves that Mr. Majors is completely innocent and did not assault her in any way,” said Chaudhry.
Majors is no longer in police custody, the NYPD reported late Saturday.
With the allegations emerging, the US military has announced it will discontinue two recruiting commercials starring Majors, saying the institution is “deeply concerned”.
“Although Mr. Majors are innocent until proven guilty, prudence dictates that we discontinue commercials until investigations into the allegations are complete,” said the Army’s Office of Corporate Marketing.
Source: CNN Brasil
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