Jury finds Jonathan Majors guilty of assault and harassment of ex-girlfriend

Jonathan Majors was found guilty on Monday of two of the four counts brought against him.

The nine-person jury found the actor guilty of misdemeanor assault and harassment in connection with a March 25 incident that erupted, according to Manhattan prosecutors, between Majors and his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari.

Following the verdict, the judge ordered a new order of protection and set the sentencing date for Feb. 6.

In her testimony, Jabbari said she spotted a text on the actor’s phone from another woman, after which she grabbed his phone and then he physically assaulted her, she claimed.

Majors has maintained his innocence via his attorney Priya Chaudhry.

He faces up to one year in jail.

NBC News has reached out to Chaudhry for comment.

During the two-week trial, Jabbari took the stand for several days. Majors did not testify.

Jabarri testified that throughout their relationship she was “scared” of Majors and also feared he would hurt himself if she left him.

In their opening statement, prosecutors said Majors slapped Jabbari in the face and fractured the middle finger on one of her hands after she took his phone. Street surveillance footage from the night shows Jabbari getting out of the SUV and Majors picking her up and putting her back into the car. Prosecutors claim the actor threw her back inside the vehicle “like a football.”

Majors, 34, has denied striking Jabbari and his lawyers contend he was actually the victim, and suffered scratches.

Majors’ attorney said Jabarri went out dancing with strangers after the alleged abusive encounter. But Jabarri claimed she was seeking comfort by those who came to her aid on a street corner following the assault.

Chaudhry has also suggested that the fact that Majors is Black and Jabbari is white is the reason he — and not she — was arrested after the alleged altercation.

The star of “Creed III” and the critically acclaimed 2019 independent film “The Last Black Man in San Francisco,” Majors’ rapid rise to superstardom was stalled in March after the allegations emerged.

The verdict raises questions about Majors’ future in the Marvel movie series. The studio had planned to build the next phase of the franchise around Majors’ villainous character, Kang the Conquerer, and he was expected to appear in 2026’s “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.” Majors has already played the character on the Marvel television series “Loki” and the film “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” which was released in theaters earlier this year.

Disney, which owns Marvel Studios, did not immediately reply to an email requesting comment on the verdict. In late October, the Disney-owned distribution label Searchlight Pictures removed the Majors-starring bodybuilding drama “Magazine Dreams” from the fall movie calendar. The film, which earned raves at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, apparently does not have a release date.