Earlier this week, Jonathan Majors was found guilty by a New York jury on two misdemeanor counts of assault and harassment, as well as found “not guilty on one of the counts in assault in the third degree” and aggravated harassment in the second degree. Although the actor won’t be sentenced until February 6, 2024, the assault charge, while a misdemeanor, carries with it a maximum sentence of up to one year in prison. So will Majors end up getting jail time? A criminal defense lawyer from the Big Apple has spoken out about the possibilities for the former Kang the Conqueror performer.
Cary London, a civil rights and criminal defense attorney at the Manhattan firm Shulman & Hill, spoke with THR about what the likeliest sentencing outcome is for Majors in a few months, with London believing that it’s almost guaranteed that he won’t end up behind bars. In the attorney’s words:
