NEW YORK, NY – Creed III actor Jonathan Majors was arrested in New York City the day after he presented an award at the Oscars ceremony.
In response to Jonathan Major’s arrest in New York City over the weekend on assault and harassment charges, the U.S. Army pulled new advertisements featuring the “Creed III” actor.
Police and Majors’ defense attorney reported that Majors was arrested on Saturday morning in Manhattan after a domestic dispute, the day after his Oscar presentation alongside Michael B. Jordan.
According to a report, “She said that the episode occurred in a vehicle, and that the driver who witnessed it would help exonerate Majors. She also said that the woman, who has not been publicly named, had provided two written statements “recanting these allegations.”
The 30-year-old woman was taken to a hospital in stable condition after suffering minor injuries to her head and neck. Majors, 33, was arraigned later on Saturday and released without bail.
In a criminal complaint, he was accused of striking the woman’s face with his open hand, which caused a laceration behind her ear, and of bruising her hand and neck.
Priya Chaudhry, Majors’ defense lawyer, said in a statement that Majors was innocent and that he was “provably the victim of an altercation with a woman he knows.”
The U.S. Army said it was temporarily pulling new campaign advertisements featuring Majors.
“While Mr. Majors is innocent until proven guilty, prudence dictates that we pull our ads until the investigation into these allegations is complete,” Laura DeFrancisco, a spokesperson for the Army Enterprise Marketing Office, said in a statement.
Majors rose to fame in the 2019 film “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” and appeared in Marvel’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” released this year.
(Elements of reporting by Jonathan Allen; Editing by Andrea Ricci)