On the eve of Marvel actor Jonathan Majors’ next court hearing on charges of assaulting his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari, prosecutors and police have discussed charging her with domestic assault, a senior law enforcement official briefed on the matter told NBC News Tuesday.
Members of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and the New York Police Department are weighing the case against Jabbari for domestic assault in the third degree, a misdemeanor, the law enforcement official said, as was first reported by The Messenger.
Jabbari would then be expected to be released on a desk appearance, the official said, which typically means she will have to show up at court at a later date and is not immediately taken into custody.
The official added that the timing of charges or if Jabbari would surrender to authorities was not immediately clear.
The news comes just hours before Majors’ next court hearing related to his March arrest for allegedly assaulting Jabbari. At the time, the actor was charged with misdemeanor assault.
Majors’ attorney Priya Chaudhry has maintained her client’s innocence and stated that Majors was, in fact, the one who was assaulted.
Majors is not expected to attend Wednesday’s hearing, a source says.
Jabbari and Majors’ attorneys were not immediately available for comment.
At the time of Majors’ arrest, police stated that Jabbari had “sustained minor injuries to her head and neck and was removed to an area hospital in stable condition” after an altercation with Majors in a taxi. Jabbari and Majors had dated for several years before the incident took place.
In June, The New York Times reported that the NYPD had evidence to arrest Jabbari, which her attorney denied in a statement at the time.
Majors, a California native and graduate of Yale had a meteoric rise in Hollywood before the allegations. He had starred in “Creed III,” “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” and the critically acclaimed, 2019 independent film “The Last Black Man in San Francisco.” He is also starring in the upcoming Marvel film, “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.”
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