Despite logging his red carpet appearance just three days at the NAACP Image Awards—his first since being convicted of misdemeanor reckless assault and harassment—things are going from bad to worse for Jonathan Majors. Not only has he been denounced by a slew of former relations and coworkers and fired from multiple projects—including, notably, his major role in the Marvel franchise—but he’s now facing yet another lawsuit; this one directly from his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari.
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In a suit filed in New York’s federal court Tuesday (via The Hollywood Reporter), Jabbari is suing Majors for battery, assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress, malicious prosecution and defamation. While an incident where Majors allegedly abused Jabbari while they were riding in a car together was the impetus for the actor’s trial in the first place, those initial charges were brought by the state of New York rather than Jabbari herself.
In her suit, Jabbari, who Majors name-dropped multiple times in a teary, post-conviction interview with Good Morning America, alleges (via The Daily Beast) that “Majors has called her a liar at every turn and very specifically claimed that he has never put his hands on a woman, with the goal of convincing the world that Grace is not a victim of domestic abuse but instead a crazy liar who should be treated as such.”
“Now that Majors can no longer physically abuse Grace, he has resorted to very publicly abusing her reputation,” the suit continues (via THR). “Put bluntly, Majors’ defense to Grace’s descriptions of the numerous acts of violence Majors perpetrated against her was to brazenly defame her and label her a liar on all claims.”
Majors still awaits sentencing for the previous case, for which he faces up to a year in prison. He was scheduled for sentencing on February 6, but the date was delayed until April 8 after his legal team filed a motion to set aside the verdict.