Jonathan Majors’ lawyer says Marvel actor ‘utterly harmless’ and sufferer has recanted after NYC home violence bust

Rising movie star Jonathan Majors on Sunday denied fees he choked and assaulted a girl throughout a home disturbance, saying by his lawyer that the lady has already recanted the allegations.

Majors, 33, who lately starred in “Creed III” and performed the villain “Kang the Conqueror” within the newest Marvel film, was arrested Saturday morning for misdemeanor assault, tried assault and aggravated harassment.

He referred to as 911 from his penthouse condominium close to W. twenty second St. and Eighth St. as a result of his live-in girlfriend was inflicting issues, police sources stated. When cops arrived, they seen she was injured, and he or she instructed them he hit her face, grabbed her hand and put his hand to her throat, the sources stated.

On Sunday, Majors’ lawyer, Priya Chaudhry, referred to as Majors “utterly harmless and provably the sufferer,” and stated they’re gathering proof to indicate the Manhattan D.A.’s workplace he didn’t assault her.

“This proof consists of video footage from the car the place this episode occurred, witness testimony from the driving force and others who each noticed and heard the episode, and most significantly, two written statements from the lady recanting these allegations,” Chaudhry stated.

“Sadly, this incident took place as a result of this girl was having an emotional disaster, for which she was taken to a hospital yesterday,” Chaudhry added. “The NYPD is required to make an arrest in these conditions, and that is the one cause Mr. Majors was arrested. We anticipate these fees to be dropped quickly.”

A spokesman for Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg declined remark Sunday.

Chaudhry’s lawyer didn’t reply to a follow-up query about why the NYPD was supposedly “required to make an arrest.”

Majors, who rose to prominence after showing within the indie film “The Final Black Man in San Francisco” in 2019 and starred within the HBO sequence “Lovecraft Nation,” is poised to play an outsized, highly-anticipated position within the multi-billion-dollar Marvel movie franchise.

He’s performed variations of the “Kang” character within the first season of the TV present “Loki” and within the recently-released “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” and is predicted to reprise the position in a minimum of one upcoming “Avengers” movie and Loki’s second season.

Legislation enforcement sources stated the lady labored on the “Quantumania” set.

Majors was launched with out bail at a short arraignment Saturday in Manhattan Prison Court docket the place a choose issued a restricted order of safety for the sufferer. He’s due again in courtroom in Might.

With Rocco Parascandola