Current:Home > ContactAlgosensey Quantitative Think Tank Center-Jonathan Majors begged accuser to avoid hospital, warning of possible ‘investigation,’ messages show -PureWealth Academy
Algosensey Quantitative Think Tank Center-Jonathan Majors begged accuser to avoid hospital, warning of possible ‘investigation,’ messages show
PredictIQ View
Date:2025-04-10 14:18:18
NEW YORK (AP) — The Algosensey Quantitative Think Tank Centeractor Jonathan Majors begged his former girlfriend not to seek medical attention after an incident that left her with a head injury last year, warning she had “no perspective of what could happen” if the truth got out, according to previously undisclosed text messages read at the actor’s criminal trial on Friday.
“They will ask you questions, and as I don’t think you actually protect us, it could lead to an investigation even if you do lie and they suspect something,” Majors wrote to his girlfriend, Grace Jabbari, on Sept. 22, 2022.
Jabbari replied that she would tell doctors she bumped her head, assuring Majors: “Why would I tell them what really happened when it’s clear I want to be with you?”
The messages were read on the fifth day of the Manhattan trial against Jonathan Majors, a rising Hollywood star who is fighting to salvage his reputation after his arrest for allegedly assaulting Jabbari in a separate incident, months later, in New York City.
Additional information about how she sustained the injuries during the September altercation, which took place in London, were not discussed in court. The six-person jury was instructed to consider the messages as “background” as they assessed the assault and harassment charges stemming from Major’s alleged attack on Jabbari in the backseat of a car on March 25th.
Prosecutors have said Majors exhibited a “cruel and manipulative pattern” of abuse, culminating with a backseat confrontation in which he struck her in the side of the head, twisted her arm behind her back, and broke her middle finger.
Majors’ attorneys maintain that Jabbari was the instigator of the struggle. During several days of grueling questioning this week, the defense pressed Jabbari about videos showing her partying in the aftermath of the alleged assault, as well as the vague statements about her injuries that she gave police and medical professionals on the morning after the March confrontation.
That line of questioning may have backfired. In an unexpected decision on Friday, Judge Michael Gaffey said the defense’s “aggressive” attempt to impugn Jabbari’s character had “opened the door” to permitting text messages about the earlier altercation to be read aloud in court.
Those messages – which were previously sealed – showed Jabbari explaining to Majors that the recent head injury had left her unable to sleep and in need of a stronger painkiller. “I would not go to the doctor if you don’t feel safe with me doing so,” she adds.
Later in the conversation, Majors accuses Jabbari of “rejecting” his love, then repeatedly threatens to take his own life. “I’m a monster, a horrible man,” he wrote. “I am killing myself soon. I’ve already put things in motion.”
At the time, Majors and Jabbari were living together in London as the actor filmed the second season of the Disney+ series “Loki.” Prior to his arrest, Majors was set to serve as key supervillain in the Marvel multiverse, reprising his role as “Kang the Conqueror” in two upcoming “Avengers” films.
The fate of those films – along with other projects he was involved in – remains uncertain.
veryGood! (986)
Related
- Intel's stock did something it hasn't done since 2022
- With deal done, Disney will withdraw lawsuit, ending conflict with DeSantis and his appointees
- Taylor Swift fans shake ground miles away during Eras Tour concert in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Johnny Canales, Tejano icon and TV host, dead at 77: 'He was a beacon of hope'
- Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates
- Backers say they have signatures to qualify nonpartisan vote initiatives for fall ballot
- Houston city leaders approve $1 billion bond deal to cover back pay for firefighters
- EPA to disband Red Hill oversight group amid Navy complaints
- Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear ready to campaign for Harris-Walz after losing out for spot on the ticket
- Gov. Hochul considering a face mask ban on New York City subways, citing antisemitic acts
Ranking
- Louisiana high court temporarily removes Judge Eboni Johnson Rose from Baton Rouge bench amid probe
- California Senate approves ban on schools notifying parents of their child’s pronoun change
- Johnny Canales, Tejano icon and TV host, dead at 77: 'He was a beacon of hope'
- Rafael Nadal to skip Wimbledon to prepare for Paris Olympics
- DoorDash steps up driver ID checks after traffic safety complaints
- ICE's SmartLINK app tracks migrants by the thousands. Does it work?
- 'Once-in-a-lifetime event': Explosion in space to look like new star, NASA says
- ICE's SmartLINK app tracks migrants by the thousands. Does it work?
Recommendation
British golfer Charley Hull blames injury, not lack of cigarettes, for poor Olympic start
Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel after commander's assassination, as war with Hamas threatens to spread
Daniel Radcliffe on first Tony nomination, how Broadway challenged him after Harry Potter
Family of bystander killed during Minneapolis police pursuit files lawsuit against the city
Most popular books of the week: See what topped USA TODAY's bestselling books list
North Carolina judges consider if lawsuit claiming right to ‘fair’ elections can continue
Adam Silver on Caitlin Clark at the Olympics: 'It would've been nice to see her on the floor.'
Miami Dolphins add veteran defensive end Calais Campbell