Jonathan Majors’ exes have come forward to accuse the actor of abuse.
According to Rolling Stone the women, Emma Duncan and Maura Hooper, spoke to The New York Times and alleged Majors was physically and/or emotionally abusive during their overlapping relationships with the actor.
Duncan claims that on multiple occasions Majors was physically violent with her.
During one alleged fight in July 2016, Majors allegedly choked Duncan, “threw her body across the room” and threatened he was “going to make sure you can’t have children.” Majors denied the accusations.
Hooper — who dated Majors from 2013 to 2015 after meeting at Yale’s prestigious drama school— claimed Majors was deeply controlling and that she “was not allowed to speak to anyone about their relationship.”
Majors’ attorney Priya Chaudhry said Majors was “young and insecure” during that time period and “is embarrassed by some of his jealous behavior.”
These women’s accounts were first referred to in Rolling Stone’s investigation from June where more than a dozen sources — who are friends with the women or were present during their relationship — independently corroborated details of the alleged abuse.
At the time, Duncan and Hooper declined to comment for the original article, with one of the women, through a spokesperson, citing fear of retribution.
“It was pervasively known that he was [a good actor], and that he also would terrorize the people that he had dated,” one of the dozen sources told Rolling Stone
Majors was convicted in December for reckless assault in the third-degree and a harassment violation stemming from his March 2023 arrest where he allegedly attacked Jabbari after she saw him receive a romantic text from another woman.
(He was acquitted of the two more serious charges, intentional assault and aggravated harassment.)
The 34-year-old’s sentencing was scheduled for Tuesday but his attorney filed last-minute motions to overturn the verdict, causing sentencing to be pushed back until April 8.
Although Majors faces up to a year in jail, it’s unlikely he’ll serve any time behind bars.
