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Ant-Man actor Jonathan Majors arrested on assault charge in New York

Jonathan Majors, the American actor, has been arrested on charges of strangulation, assault and harassment, it has been reported.

New York City police said that Majors, star of the recently released Creed III and Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, was said to have been involved in a "domestic" dispute with a 30-year-old woman, authorities have told the Associated Press news agency.

Around 11am on Saturday (3pm GMT) police responded to a 911 call from an apartment in the Manhattan neighbourhood of Chelsea. “The victim informed police she was assaulted,” a spokesperson for the NYPD said in a statement.

“Officers placed the 33-year-old male into custody without incident. The victim sustained minor injuries to her head and neck and was removed to an area hospital in a stable condition.”

It was later disclosed that Majors had been released from police custody as of Saturday night, the NYPD spokesperson confirmed to The Associated Press. A representative for Majors has denied any wrongdoing by the actor.

“He has done nothing wrong,” said the representative. “We look forward to clearing his name and clearing this up.”

Majors, one of the fastest rising stars in Hollywood, got his major breakthrough in acting in 2019’s The Last Black Man In San Francisco. He has starred in Da 5 Bloods, The Harder They Fall and last year’s Devotion.

The actor also stars in the recent Sundance Film Festival entry Magazine Dreams, which Searchlight Pictures is to release in December.

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