Kisha Smith
The hearing for Creed III actor and rising star Jonathan Majors is set for May 8, but talk of more incidents and an exodus on the part of some of those representing him appear to indicate that the domestic abuse charges filed against the 33-year old actor may be a great deal more serious than first believed.
“Jonathan Majors is innocent and has not abused anyone. We have provided irrefutable evidence to the district attorney that the charges are false. We are confident that he will be fully exonerated,” his lawyer, Priya Chaudhry, said in a statement provided to press. But in the weeks since his March 25 arrest, other women have reportedly come forward with allegations of abuse that are now being investigated by the Manhattan district attorney’s office.
Charged with three counts of assault in the third degree and one count of aggravated harassment in the second degree, three counts of attempted assault in the third degree, and one count of harassment in the third degree, the Manhattan’s D.A.’s office alleges that Majors not only struck, shoved and kicked the 30-year old woman, but also caused injury to “a family and household member of such person.”In the wake of the incident, the Lovecraft actor has had ties severed by his management company and his PR firm. Nor has the incident been good for business as the actor has been dropped from the feature adaptation of Walter Mosley’s novel The Man in My Basement, a reported Otis Redding biopic as well as an ad campaign for the Texas Rangers. The U.S. Army has paused its recruiting ads featuring Majors, instead reworking its $117 million campaign to create new ads without the appearance of Majors.