The “Creed III” star Jonathan Majors hit his former partner in the head following an incident in March, she testified to Manhattan jurors on Tuesday. Grace Jabbari frequently started crying as she described their relationship to the judge. She stated that throughout their two years, Majors would occasionally become erratic and domineering, and following arguments, he would make suicidal threats.
He referred to himself as a “great man” in a cassette recording from September 2022 that was aired during his domestic violence trial. He also insisted that Jabbari acts like the spouses of Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, and Coretta Scott King. “I’m a great man. A great man.” Majors appear to be saying on the tape, “I do great things for my culture and for the world. The woman that supports me needs to be a great woman.” On Wednesday, her testimony is anticipated to resume. Majors is accused of three counts of misdemeanor violence, extreme bullying, and intimidation. He was taken into custody on March 25. He is facing a year in prison if found guilty, but he has entered a not-guilty plea.
Jabbari claimed that she and Majors had gone to a performance and dinner in Brooklyn the night of the assault. While sitting side by side in the back of a private vehicle on the way back to Manhattan, Jabbari claimed to have seen a text message from a different woman on his cell phone that said, “I wish I was kissing you right now.” She claimed that in an attempt to find out who sent the message, she took Major’s phone from him. To get the device, she claims Majors “twisted” and “pulled” her arm. She added that she felt “a hard blow” to the head.
Majors gave the driver the command to halt the automobile when he had his phone back. Jabbari claimed she tried to pursue the actor after he got out of the car. Surveillance footage of Majors allegedly shoving Jabbari back inside the car was displayed to the jury. Jabbari testified that she”didn’t want to be alone,” so she spent the night in an inn and headed to a pub in Manhattan to meet new acquaintances. Prosecutors claim that Jabbari was admitted to a medical facility the following day with “minor injuries to her head and neck.” According to Majors’ defense team, Jabbari attacked Majors, “not the other way around.” She said that “the [physical] pain wasn’t registering. I was aware there was pain in my body, but I hadn’t registered anything. I’m a dancer. I’ve danced with a broken rib.” She continued, “I was only thinking from my heart of the infidelity. That morning, we were talking about when we were going to get married and the names of our [future] children.”
Majors was seated at the defense table at the New York City Criminal Court when Jabbari began her testimony, which lasted for hours. Along with his present partner Meagan Good, who participated in every day of the proceedings, he entered the courthouse bearing a Bible. Jabbari talked about the ups and downs of her two-year romance with Majors earlier on Tuesday. The former pair, according to her, came together in August 2021 while working as movement coaches and Majors had an essential starring part in the Marvel film “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” which was filmed in London. Skilled dancer Jabbari, who lives in the United Kingdom, called their initial moments together “amazing.”
“He was really kind and loving. He told me he loved me very early on, which was overwhelming, but I loved it”. She informed the jurors, “And I loved him. He wrote me poetry. I felt very loved and cared for and seen.” However, she claimed that a few months into their relationship, she saw a shift in his treatment of her. She had planned to see Majors’ dogs in December 2021 when she first recalled his getting upset with her. She claimed that Majors chastised her for calling up the pet of a past boyfriend. She said, “It was the first time I felt scared of him. I knew to never mention my ex again or anyone I had dated before.”
Jabbari related an additional occurrence that happened in June 2022 while she and her companions were in England for the Glastonbury Festival. She told her partner that she probably wouldn’t have mobile service because of the crowds, and she claims Majors became irate towards her when she failed to obtain it. She claimed, “He sent me a ton of messages saying how dare I go and I shouldn’t be there.” She claimed that the conversation made her feel particularly awful so she left the celebration. She says she tried to get in touch with Majors again, but he didn’t answer her calls or messages. She remarked, “I felt regretful I had upset him in that way. He wasn’t talking to me. I was saying everything I knew that would turn him around when he’s in these moods.”
Majors was putting a lot of effort into getting ready to play a bodybuilder in the film “Magazine Dreams,” which made its Sundance debut this year. Jabbari claimed that he was “quite stressed” about the demands of both producing and acting in the movie. Jabbari remarked of their romance, “Immediately after, it was quite nice again. He was apologetic and thanked me for my patience with him.” Majors was assured by Jabbari that she would keep that aspect of their relationship a secret from others. She remarked, “I felt like I had to keep a lot of secrets from everyone. I felt very isolated. It was confusing. I felt scared of him but quite dependent on him.” Jabbari testified to the jurors that she “loved him,” which is why their relationship lasted.
Jabbari claims that following bouts of disastrous fights, Majors would call himself a “monster” and make suicidal remarks. “I pleaded with him [so that] he wouldn’t do that. He would say, ‘It’s in place. It’s in motion.’ I’d say, ‘You can’t do that. What about your mother? What about your daughter?’” Jabbari said. “I would intend to make him feel safe and loved and secure. And he would receive that.” Their relationship took a toll on Jabbari and left her feeling alienated, “I just felt like I was existing in his world,” she said. “I had low self-esteem. I lost a lot of weight. I felt incompetent and dependent on him. He was the only one who knew what went on.”