Jonathan Majors "Unlikely" To Do Any Jail Time After Being Found Guilty Of Harassment And Assault

Jonathan Majors "Unlikely" To Do Any Jail Time After Being Found Guilty Of Harassment And Assault

Despite being found guilty of two misdemeanour counts of harassment and assault, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania star Jonathan Majors is unlikely to face any time behind bars...

By MarkCassidy - Dec 20, 2023 03:12 PM EST
Filed Under: Loki
Source: THR

Jonathan Majors was found guilty of two of the charges filed against him by ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari earlier this week, but the actor is not expected to serve much, if any, time behind bars.

The jury found the Loki and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania star guilty of two misdemeanour counts of harassment and assault, as well as not guilty on two additional charges of intentional assault in the third degree and aggravated harassment in the second degree.

Majors is facing up to a year in prison, probation, a fine, and/or community service, but members of the legal community believe the actor will get little to any jail time and may also have grounds for an appeal.

“Since it’s the defendant’s first conviction, although technically he faces one year of jail, the judge will 99 percent give him three years probation, anger management and possibly some community service. Mr. Majors is not getting jail time,” said Cary London, a Manhattan-based civil rights and criminal defence attorney at Shulman & Hill.

As for the appeal, experts think Majors will likely point to "missteps" by his defence team and the charges themselves.

The jury returned a split verdict, deciding not to convict on the more serious assault and harassment charges. This may indicate that they “saw the situation as more nuanced than what the prosecutor presented,” which Majors could attempt to exploit.

During the defence's cross-examination, they employed a line of questioning that the judge said “lacked specificity” and allowed the prosecution to bring in Molineux evidence, which is "evidence of prior uncharged crimes, that had previously been deemed inadmissible."

“Obviously, this kind of thing can sound very bad to a jury and Majors may argue that the jury should not have heard about them, especially since they were not specifically discussing the assault he was on trial for,” said Lance Fletcher, a criminal defence attorney in Manhattan and a former prosecutor.

While this appeal could ultimately work out for Majors, it will do very little for his already tarnished professional reputation and public perception. The actor was officially fired from his role as Kang in the Marvel Cinematic Universe almost immediately after the verdict came in, and had already been dropped by his PR firm, agent, and several other projects.

Majors may manage to avoid jail time, but whether he will be able to salvage his career is another matter.

Sentencing is expected to take place in February.

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WEAPONXOXOXO
WEAPONXOXOXO - 12/20/2023, 3:22 PM
Good.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 12/20/2023, 3:24 PM
he needs about 9 therapists at least
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 12/20/2023, 3:27 PM
@McMurdo - therapy does very little for narcissism.
dragon316
dragon316 - 12/20/2023, 4:01 PM
@McMurdo - you can get therapy in jail it happens true crime shows people in jail
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 12/20/2023, 4:06 PM
@McMurdo - He for sure needs to seek therapy. Based on his texts. He has a "complex" and it needs to be dissected. I saw hints of Nepotism and a god complex of sorts. His demands for his white girlfriend to act and behave like a black celebrity is truly bizarre. He has some severe trauma hidden within him.
JFerguson
JFerguson - 12/20/2023, 6:28 PM
@McMurdo - one for each of his variants
sully
sully - 12/20/2023, 7:27 PM
@MarkCassidy - Narcissism and sociopaths, which he's both.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 12/21/2023, 11:36 PM
@MarkCassidy - very true Ror.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 12/21/2023, 11:38 PM
@JFerguson - haha Kang was the character made for him.
BraveNewClunge
BraveNewClunge - 12/20/2023, 3:25 PM
America is backwards af lol
MaxPaint
MaxPaint - 12/20/2023, 3:28 PM
Clown world...

DocSpock
DocSpock - 12/20/2023, 3:29 PM

We will see how he behaves when he goes broke and has to get a real job.

Deepholedennis
Deepholedennis - 12/20/2023, 3:30 PM
He should do jail time for being part of phase 5
marvel72
marvel72 - 12/20/2023, 4:36 PM
@Deepholedennis - And Phase 4 if you include Loki Season 1,actually nothing happened in the MCU without him, if I remember correctly, so he should serve a life sentence.

Deepholedennis
Deepholedennis - 12/20/2023, 8:27 PM
@marvel72 - you’re right. Life sentence for him and then get Terrance Howard to replace him as Kang!
Toonstrack
Toonstrack - 12/20/2023, 9:47 PM
@Deepholedennis - he didn't write the movie brah
Deepholedennis
Deepholedennis - 12/20/2023, 10:48 PM
@Toonstrack - one of his variants did in the multiverse
TheOtherOn
TheOtherOn - 12/21/2023, 12:32 AM
@Deepholedennis - If that's the sole reason for jail time, and I totally APPROVE of it! then lets line up EVERYONE involved with phase 5!



soupysales
soupysales - 12/20/2023, 3:33 PM
why should he get jail time?...rarely do men get jail time for being abusive...cuz their men...look at the kid who was caught raping that woman...the judge found him not guilty, cuz jail time "might hurt his bright future"...how about some intensive therapy, and some kind of service to abused women and children?
dracula
dracula - 12/20/2023, 4:03 PM
@soupysales - wouldnt exactly call this case black and white.

pretty sure there are services for abuse victims
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 12/20/2023, 3:35 PM
Not surprising given celebs do worse and walk free all the time. He's lucky he won't be away from fine ass Megan Good behind bars.
RolandD
RolandD - 12/20/2023, 10:43 PM
@ModHaterSLADE - it’s not unusual for someone to get probation instead of jail time since these are his first charges or convictions.
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 12/20/2023, 3:35 PM
Why would he? He's rich and 2 out of the 4 charges brought against him were dismissed. Not a lawyer but he's only guilty on a low degree of assault for shoving her in a van despite her attacking him and another low degree of harassment because of those selfish text and calls. Not saying he shouldn't be punished but wow they were both harassing and assaulting each other. Both were toxic but it seems like he's the only one getting punished compared to her? Maybe I'm just missing out on some details as nothing is mentioned about his ex.
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 12/20/2023, 4:07 PM
@mastakilla39 - Charges against her were dropped.
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 12/21/2023, 7:04 AM
@mastakilla39 - i'm on the same line as you.
WhateverItTakes
WhateverItTakes - 12/20/2023, 3:41 PM
Good because hes a Great Man’ and ‘Doing Great Things for his Culture and the World’

soupysales
soupysales - 12/20/2023, 3:47 PM
@HeWhoBeatsDames - and he is frickin hot as hell, ass for days, nipps of steel, and i'm sure a trouser snake to be reckoned with
dracula
dracula - 12/20/2023, 4:06 PM
@HeWhoBeatsDames - Talk about an actor with their head up their own ass.

What the hell did he do for his community or culture. He for sure is no MLK or Obama

Chadwick Boseman was a better man than him
WhateverItTakes
WhateverItTakes - 12/20/2023, 5:38 PM
@dracula - well supposedly if you're black and making movies you are automatically a great man. I do wonder why it's taken till now to put black people in movies
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 12/20/2023, 4:00 PM
Expected based on actually what he was found guilty on,

Toxic relationship and he sounded like a sicko in those texts but Hollywood has forgiven worse. He gotta lay low for a year and he’ll be back
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 12/21/2023, 7:06 AM
@ShimmyShimmyYA - the girl is crazy as he is, lock them both up.
dracula
dracula - 12/20/2023, 4:01 PM
Feels like this is something he can come back from. He wont be as big as he was getting, but he will recover somewhat.

A few years of nothing, then a few years of smaller projects, than maybe get a chance at something bigger.

Guy should for sure get some help, those recordings and text messages alone show this guy has crazy issues and the relationship had some level of abuse.

Still would say he is a lot closer to being an RDJ than he is an Ezra Miller
Batmangina
Batmangina - 12/20/2023, 4:01 PM
Leave this GREAT MAN alone.

OT: I just walked out of Godzilla: Minus One - the [frick]ing entire cast was ALL ASIAN.

This is 2023, people. You bastards act like Sir Isaac Newton was white or something.
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