The actor, accused of violence by a 30-year-old woman, was briefly taken into police custody on Saturday evening.
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Le Figaro
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American actor Jonathan Majors was charged after his arrest in New York for the assault, strangulation and harassment of a 30-year-old woman. The star, starring in films Creed III et Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania was arrested by New York police on Saturday after an emergency call from the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. An anonymous young woman claimed to have been assaulted by the actor.
A man “involved in a marital dispute”
After conducting a preliminary investigation, police determined that a 33-year-old man “had indeed been involved in a marital dispute with a 30-year-old woman”. The woman, who told police she was assaulted, was taken to hospital. Despite injuries to the head and neck, she is now in stable condition, according to information from the BBC relayed by BFM TV. The same woman claims in her complaint – broadcast by Variety -, that the actor slapped her, strangled her, inflicting a “considerable pain”.
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The actor’s agent, Carrie Gordon, assured in a press release published by the daily Los Angeles Times, that the actor had “done nothing wrong”. She said she hoped she could “clear his name” quickly, while the actor’s lawyer, Priya Chaudhry, quoted by local media, claimed that they “gathered and would quickly present evidence to the district attorney in the hope that all charges against him would be dropped”.
According to local media, the actor has been released and will have to appear before a judge again on May 8.
