The New York County judge in the Jonathan Majors, domestic violence trial released a trove of video, photo, and audio evidence that could be prejudicial in the court of public opinion.
Some have remarked that the voluminous evidence exonerates the 34-year-old Creed III actor because the video shows irrefutably that Majors was running from ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari. She is also seen running after him for several blocks in New York’s Chinatown in March 2023.
Others, however, may be swayed by the damning phone conversations and texts that Jabbari recorded over the two years of their relationship. The call has been characterized as disconcerting and “jerky” by “TMZ” because Majors calls himself “a great man” repeatedly and tells Jabbari, a 30-year-old White British woman, to curtail her drinking and partying and comport herself more like Michelle Obama and Coretta Scott King.
Evidence in the Jonathan Majors trial has been released to the public pic.twitter.com/rhAbPTg9Q5
— TMZ Live (@TMZLive) December 13, 2023
The text messages, which are not relevant to the case because they took place years ago, nevertheless indicate that domestic violence may have taken place in the past. Jabbari – a British dancer and movement coach – and Majors seemingly indicate that he hurt her in some fashion and that she was trying to configure a story to tell the hospital staff.
Regardless of whether he is found guilty or not, his Hollywood career is considered imperiled. But social media is mostly siding with Majors’ exoneration in this particular case based on the evidence released to the public.
Y’all had so much to say about #JonathanMajors yesterday with them damn text messages but now that the driver testified and said he never hit her and she hit him, y’all quiet… Speak up and loud like y’all was yesterday… pic.twitter.com/nrv99QZd7n
— Alexis H. (@fxckyallheauxs) December 11, 2023
#JonathanMajors was just literally running to freedom and y’all sat up here on this innanet and y’all crucified that man with no evidence! I’m behind you my brother! Black men don’t beat! ✊🏿😂 #Trending #YouKnowMaaacus #BlackMenDontBeat #Reaction #Celebrity pic.twitter.com/YTz82oaoRE
— YouKnowMaaacus (@YouKnowMaaacus) December 13, 2023
It’s amazing how Jonathan Majors has been vilified by mainstream media for months. And all it took was surveillance footage for the court of public opinion to shift back in Majors favor. Whew!! #JonathanMajors
— Manny Jones (@MannyJones87) December 14, 2023
So where was the abuse from #JonathanMajors?
Here is the footage y’all asked for. Give that man his jobs back. pic.twitter.com/UM40fR2zoo
— Alexis H. (@fxckyallheauxs) December 13, 2023
So @Disney can we get this foolishness behind us and get to the business at hand? Long live #Kang #JonathanMajors pic.twitter.com/Em2r53odTc
— #TheResistance (@BoneKnightmare) December 12, 2023