The couple ended the “serious” two-year relationship after the accuser saw a text message from another woman
The domestic assault trial of Jonathan Majors got underway in Manhattan on Monday with opening statements painting two very different pictures of the March 25 incident: While prosecutors sought to paint the Marvel actor as a serial abuser and manipulator who violently attacked his now-ex girlfriend, defense attorneys said she lost control and attacked him that night upon discovering that he had been unfaithful.
What led to the altercation was not in dispute, however: The couple ended the two-year relationship that night after the accuser, Grace Jabbari, saw a text message on his phone from another woman saying “Wish I was kissing you right now.”
“This is a case about the end of a relationship, not about a crime, at least not one that Mr. Majors committed,” his attorney, Priya Chaudhry, told the jury of three men and three women who were seated last week.
According to the police report, after the two fought on March 25 both inside and outside their chauffered Cadillac Escalade in Chinatown, he checked into a hotel while she went out partying with three strangers she’d met on the street. The following morning, Majors found Jabbari in the closet of his Chelsea apartment – and called police out of concern for her wellbeing, an encounter which resulted in his arrest.
