Hollywood actor Jonathan Majors has said he is “totally innocent” after allegedly choking his partner during a domestic dispute.
The Marvel W Creed III The star was arrested Saturday in New York and charged with assaulting and molesting a 30-year-old woman that described TMZ as his girlfriend.
On Sunday, Mr Majors’ lawyer, Priya Chaudhry, alleged the woman was the assailant and has now retracted her allegations.
“Jonathan Majors is completely innocent and has been proven to have been the victim of an altercation with a woman he knew. Mrs. Chaudhry said in a statement, which was provided to The Independent.
This evidence includes video footage from the car in which this incident occurred, witness testimony from the driver and others who witnessed and heard the episode, and most importantly, two written testimonies from the woman retracting these claims. All evidence proves that Mr. Major is completely innocent and did not assault her at all.
“Unfortunately, this incident occurred because this woman was having an emotional crisis, which resulted in her being taken to the hospital yesterday. The NYPD is required to make arrests in these cases, and that is the only reason to arrest Mr. Majors. We expect these charges to be dropped soon.”
The New York Police Department (NYPD) said its officers responded to an emergency call at an apartment in Chelsea at 11.14am, and determined it was a “domestic dispute”.
The woman told police that she had been assaulted and taken to a local hospital with minor injuries to her head and neck. The NYPD said Majors was “taken into custody without incident”. Since then he has been released.
In a statement provided to several media outlets, Mr. Majors spokeswoman Carrie Gordon He said: “He did nothing wrong. We look forward to clearing his name and making that clear.”
Mr. Majors recently starred as Kang in Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantamania Alongside Paul Rudd, and it is rumored that he will appear in the upcoming second season of Loki opposite Tom Hiddleston.
Earlier this year, he also played the title role Creed III With Michael B Jordan and Tessa Thompson. His other credits include HBO dramas country of loveand 2021 Western The hardest they fell.
This story was updated at 4:32 PM PST on Sunday, March 26, 2023 to correct details of the charges against Mr. Majors.
