Jonathan Majors domestic violence case adds to 2022 UK police report; DA criticizes defense for “fictitious” claims

A day before a hearing that could decide whether the domestic violence case against Jonathan Majors moves forward and goes to trial, Manhattan prosecutors on Tuesday made a series of damning allegations against the defense and also said British police were now involved as their prosecution.

Details of the London Metropolitan Police report from more than a year ago are not known. But, “UK medical records, photographs taken by medical providers and correspondence with [a] According to a recent filing in the New York criminal case, new evidence obtained by prosecutors includes “medical providers” related to a September 2022 incident.

Majors faces felony charges stemming from an incident in and around the actor’s Chelsea apartment on March 25. Although Majors was the one who called 911 at the time, NYPD officers found a number of marks at the scene, “a tear” and a finger. broke up with her now ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari and arrested Majors. He was released hours after a hearing before a judge and pleaded not guilty.

Majors faces up to a year in prison if convicted on the charges prosecuted by District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office. It is currently unknown whether Majors will be virtually or in person in Judge Michael Gaffey’s courtroom on Wednesday.

Rejecting a defense motion to dismiss the case, Bragg and Assistant District Attorney Keli Galaway are now also accusing the defense team of Majors Priya Chaudhry, Seth Zuckerman and David Winkler of making “fictitious” and “baseless” allegations against their office and close the attempt. the case. Track. They also accuse the defense of spreading false information about unavailable video footage of the March incident and accuse Jabbari of allegedly assaulting her client. Prosecutors added that Majors’ lawyers distributed a “wanted flyer” against Jabbari to distract.

“Although the defendant maintains that the People did not investigate Ms. Jabbari, a thorough investigation of the facts of this case was conducted and the People decided to prosecute Jonathan Majors,” the prosecutor’s filing states. taken on October 13. “The simple fact that counsel disagrees with the people’s exercise of prosecutorial discretion does not mean that no investigation was conducted.”

Although police activated an investigative weapon, the district attorney’s office strongly recommended that NYPD investigators not arrest Jabbari, a British citizen, based on the Majors’ counter-complaint in June. IT added that if the police arrest Jabbari, it will not happen so quickly.

“On September 8, 2023 and September 12, 2023, the District Attorney notified the NYPD that the People would decline to pursue any NYPD charges against Ms. Jabbari to continue due to the defendant’s delayed court case related to the March 25 incident. 2023.”

Jabbari is due to appear as a prosecution witness in the much-delayed trial and the prosecutor said today that his office was paying for her to fly out of Britain. It will also fund her accommodation while she is in the US for the trial – when it actually starts.

While “Majors” appeared in the recently premiered season 2 of Disney+ LokiThe actor was fired by management company Entertainment 360 and publisher The Lede Company in April. Several ad campaigns featuring the majors represented by WME, such as one for the World Series-bound Texas Rangers, were also quickly canceled after his arrest.

While numerous jobs for majors have dried up in the wake of the allegations. the likelihood of an Oscar campaign from Searchlight Pictures for his critically acclaimed performance in the Sundance film Magazine dreams seems increasingly unlikely.

The Manhattan district attorney’s office had no comment today on the latest filing.