Marvel star Jonathan Majors avoids any jail time for assaulting ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Outside the courthouse, one of the beanie-wearers told reporters, “Red is his favorite colour.” Actor Jonathan Majors arrives with girlfriend Meagan Good for sentencing in his domestic abuse case at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City Ms Jabbari, wearing an all-pink pantsuit, gave an emotional victim impact statement. When they were dating, Ms Jabbari said, “I felt small, scared and vulnerable.” Choking up, she added, “I feel lucky to spend the first 29 years of my life never having experienced someone you love physically attack you.” The sentencing comes just one week after a judge denied Majors’ bid to toss the guilty verdict. Kelli Galaway, assistant district attorney, told the court, “This defendant is no longer cloaked with the presumption of innocence.” She continued, “after being convicted in this very courtroom, rather than showing contrition for his actions, the defendant decided to engage in a high powered” PR campaign, including questioning the “credibility of the fair trial he received.” Priya Chaudhry, Majors’ lawyer, told the court: “Mr Majors maintains his innocence and plans to appeal this conviction.” She added, “This has been the most challenging year of Jonathan Majors’ life,” citing that he has lost “all employment opportunities” since his guilty verdict. After the verdict was handed down, Majors told ABC’s Good Morning America: “I was absolutely shocked and afraid.” Following his criminal conviction, in March 2024, Ms Jabbari filed a civil lawsuit against Majors for defamation, assault and battery.