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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Léonie Chao-Fong

Jonathan Majors sued by former girlfriend for assault and defamation

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Jonathan Majors leaves the Manhattan criminal courthouse in New York, on 18 December 2023. Photograph: Seth Wenig/AP

Jonathan Majors’s former girlfriend has filed a lawsuit accusing the Creed III and Marvel actor of battery, assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress, malicious prosecution and defamation.

Majors, 34, in December was found guilty of misdemeanor charges of assault and harassment in connection to a March 2023 altercation with his then girlfriend, the actor and dancer Grace Jabbari. Sentencing for the criminal case is set for 8 April.

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