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Marvel drops actor Jonathan Majors after assault conviction

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="US actor Jonathan Majors poses on the red carpet prior to the Second Annual Academy Museum Gala at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles, California, USA, 15 October 2022. EPA-EFE/CAROLINE BREHMAN" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/entertainment/12/19/jonathan-majors-12192023.jpg"/><figcaption>US actor Jonathan Majors poses on the red carpet prior to the Second Annual Academy Museum Gala at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles, California, USA, 15 October 2022. <em>EPA-EFE/CAROLINE BREHMAN</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>NEW YORK, United States - Rising Hollywood star Jonathan Majors was convicted Monday of assaulting and harassing his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari, prompting Marvel to drop him from a prime role in its superhero blockbusters.</p><p>Majors&#x27;s conviction could see the actor facing up to one year imprisonment and has upended Marvel&#x27;s plans for the franchise, which had his character Kang the Conqueror front and center in multiple upcoming films.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2905410" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/03/27/23/actor-jonathan-majors-arrested-for-alleged-assault">Actor Jonathan Majors arrested for alleged assault</a></li></ul><p>Majors debuted as Kang the Conqueror in &quot;Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania&quot; earlier in 2023, and was set to appear in at least two subsequent Avengers films -- the top franchise in the Marvel universe.</p><p>The studio will not be moving forward with Jonathan Majors, a source briefed on the decision told AFP after it was reported by US entertainment media.</p><p>In early March, police said they had responded to an emergency call in Manhattan, determining in a preliminary investigation that there was a domestic dispute between Majors and Jabbari.</p><p>The court heard that Majors had received a text message and Jabbari had sought to take his phone, believing the contact to be from another woman, local media reported.</p><p>There was then a struggle, with the pair&#x27;s legal representatives trading accusations over who attacked whom in the ensuing tussle over the device.</p><p>&quot;Jonathan Majors was found guilty by a Manhattan Criminal Court jury of assault in the third degree and harassment in the second degree,&quot; the prosecutor&#x27;s office said in a statement.</p><p>Majors will be sentenced on February 6, it added.</p><p>&quot;The evidence presented throughout this trial illustrated a cycle of psychological and emotional abuse, and escalating patterns of coercion,&quot; Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said.</p><p>&quot;A jury determined that pattern of abuse and coercion culminated with Mr. Majors assaulting and harassing his girlfriend.&quot;</p><p>The jury of six people spent more than five hours deliberating over three days, local media reported.</p><p>Majors has appeared in several major films, including &quot;Creed III,&quot; &quot;Lovecraft Country,&quot; for which he was nominated for an Emmy, and &quot;Magazine Dreams,&quot; a film presented at the Sundance Film Festival.</p><div><strong>gw/caw</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

Rising Hollywood star Jonathan Majors was convicted Monday of assaulting and harassing his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari, prompting Marvel to drop him from a prime role in its superhero blockbusters.