Jonathan Majors’ lawyer tells Rolling Stone that the actor is “completely innocent and provably the victim of the altercation with a woman he knows.”
The lawyer claims they have evidence, including video footage from the vehicle where the episode took place.
Up until yesterday, Jonathan Majors was riding the crest of a wave as one of the biggest breakout stars the industry has seen in years, with the actor flying high as the newest big bad of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the antagonist of box office smash hit Creed III, all while his lead performance in Magazine Dreams has been generating extremely early awards season buzz.
However, after it emerged the 33 year-old had been arrested in New York City following allegations of assault against a woman, it didn’t take long for the floodgates to open. While Majors and his team have denied any wrongdoing and are vowing to clear his name in the wake of the headline-grabbing incident, filmmaker A.B. Allen revealed the Lovecraft Country alum was the unnamed figure behind a tweet that was initially posted back in February of this year.
Allen then doubled down on their sentiment, expressing personal hopes that the wheels come off Majors’ entire career, but not before underlining that due to the potentially upsetting and inflammatory nature of the tweets, they won’t be diving any deeper into the matter for the time being.
A representative for the actor told the LA Times: “He has done nothing wrong. We look forward to clearing his name and clearing this up.”
Majors’ arrest comes just weeks after the actor presented an award at the Oscars.
His career took off after breaking through in 2019’s The Last Black Man in San Francisco, before going onto to star in Netflix western The Harder They Fall and Marvel Comics film Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania.
Majors plays Jordan’s adversary in Creed III, a boxing film released earlier this month.
