ACTOR Jonathan Majors claims he was the real victim after being accused of assaulting his so-called girlfriend.
The 33-year-old Creed star vowed to clear his name in a statement released by his criminal defense lawyer on Sunday.
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“Johnathan Majors is completely innocent and is provably the victim of an altercation with a woman he knows,” his lawyer, Priya Chaudhry said.
The 30-year-old woman is reportedly Major’s girlfriend, per TMZ’s law enforcement sources.
Majors was arrested on Saturday in Manhattan, New York for what NYPD described as a “domestic dispute.”
He was charged with misdemeanor assault, aggravated harassment, attempted assault, and harassment
“We are quickly gathering and presenting evidence to the District Attorney with the expectation that all charges will be dropped imminently.”
Chaudhry says the evidence reportedly includes video footage from the vehicle where the incident happened, testimony from the driver and others who witnessed the episode, and two written statements from the woman, recanting her allegations.
Chaudhry added: “All the evidence proves that Mr. Majors is entirely innocent and did not assault her whatsoever.”
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Majors was arrested after police were called to a Chelsea apartment Saturday night.
The cops were told that the woman was Majors’ girlfriend who claimed that she and the actor got into an argument on a taxi ride home from a bar in Brooklyn, per TMZ’s law enforcement sources.
Police were told the woman saw another woman texting Majors and when she confronted him, Majors got mad and then allegedly grabbed her hand and slapped her, according to TMZ’s sources.
The woman claimed that Majors allegedly put his hands around her neck during the altercation.
Cops say the woman was taken to the hospital with “minor injuries to her head and neck.”
However, Chaudhry claims that “this incident came about because this woman was having an emotional crisis, for which she was taken to a hospital yesterday.”
“The NYPD is required to make an arrest in these situations, and this is the only reason My. Majors was arrested,” Chaudhry added.
Majors was released without bail early Saturday morning and is due back in court in May.
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