Jonathan Majors’ accuser recounts night of assault, actor’s ‘violent temper’ that left her fearful
BY JAKE OFFENHARTZ
Jonathan Majors’ former girlfriend testified Tuesday that the actor was prone to fits of explosive rage, an escalating pattern that she said ultimately led to her assault in the backseat of a car and his career-halting arrest this past spring.
During hours of tearful testimony, Grace Jabbari traced the downfall of her relationship with Majors, who she described as a “kind and loving” partner increasingly unable to control his “violent temper.” She said he hurled household objects at walls and often threatened to take his own life, at times referring to himself as a “monster.”
“It felt like I was walking around on eggshells,” said Jabbari, a 30-year-old professional dancer from the United Kingdom. “I had to be perfect.”
“He’s very strong. I couldn’t move,” Jabbari continued. “It feels very loud when you’re hit in the head and just shocking.”
Majors eventually pried the phone from her hands and took off through the streets of Lower Manhattan as Jabbari chased him, according to a video compilation taken from various surveillance cameras that was shown to jurors.
The testimony came on the second day of the trial against Majors, a rising Hollywood film actor whose portrayal of the comic book supervillain “Kang the Conqueror” was set to anchor the next phase of the Marvel cinematic universe.
The actor avoided eye contact with his former girlfriend for much of the day’s testimony on Tuesday, scribbling notes to his lawyer or thumbing through his gold-leafed Bible as she recounted how he quickly toggled from emotionally sensitive to abusive.
“It was confusing,” she said, “because I felt scared of him, but quite dependent on him.”
In the summer of 2022, while struggling with a grueling diet and exercise regimen for his role as a bodybuilder in the film “Magazine Dreams,” Majors became “full of rage and aggression” without explanation, Jabbari said.
He lashed out at her, she recalled, throwing objects during one argument that left dents in the walls and sent her ducking for cover in their West Hollywood home.
“I’m a great man. A great man!” Majors declared. “There needs to be a great woman who makes sacrifices.”
On Tuesday, Jabbari also addressed a series of videos – likely to be a subject of cross-examination by Majors’ lawyers – that showed her partying in a Manhattan nightclub hours after the alleged assault.
Speaking to jurors, Jabbari said she had met a group of “generous” strangers on a corner after chasing Majors out of the vehicle following the attack.
“The worst thing in my head would’ve been to go back to the empty apartment we shared in that moment,” Jabbari said. Acknowledging that she can be seen on videos smiling, dancing, and taking shots with the new friends, she added: “I was having the nicest time I could’ve had within the situation.”
Jabbari is expected to return to the stand on Wednesday.
