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On Tuesday, two NYPD officers who were present for the arrest of Jonathan Majors for assault testified in court.
Officer Erik Lucero and Sergeant Bryan Hanson responded to Majors’ 911 call on March 26 when the actor found his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari, unconscious on the floor. a walk-in closet in the apartment they shared. Her 911 call was played in court and revealed that Majors made the call because she feared Jabbari was drinking too much or was suicidal, according to Hanson.
Officials can be heard saying “don’t know,” “he’s my ex-partner” and he doesn’t know what he took when asked if Jabbari suffered anything before. He said he could not enter the area where Jabbari was in their apartment and needed the help of a worker. 911 told Majors to “watch his breathing.”
In the testimony of the officers, the officers of the NYPD did not find any evidence, such as drugs or pill bottles, to support that Jabbari tried to commit suicide or overdose anywhere. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital for treatment of a broken middle finger and a cut behind his ear, as well as a brief psychiatric evaluation. He was recently released; The chiefs were arrested the same day.
Jabbari alleged that Majors assaulted her in the back seat of a car on March 25. Jabbari testified last week that he saw a text message on Majors’ phone from another woman that said, “I wish I could kiss you right now.” He said he took the phone out of his hands to see who sent the message and he forcefully brought it back. He said this caused bruising, swelling and “extreme” pain and he had a swollen finger and a cut behind his ear. Jabbari admitted that he couldn’t sleep because of the pain, so he took two pills and woke up on the floor of the closet in the morning.
“He was confused about his situation,” Lucero said Tuesday. “We told him to sit up straight. He said, ‘How did I get here. Is he here? Is he out? … He said he and (Majors) had a fight the night before in a text he received. He stopped her from picking up the phone.”
Sergeant Hanson said the officer “expects (Majors) to be arrested based on the investigation.” He admitted that he found a “small amount of blood on the comforter on the bed. It was on the top of the console near where someone’s head or upper body would be.”
When he asked Jabbari what happened the night before and what caused his injuries, Hanson testified that “he said he hit his head a lot times and (Majors) grabbed his throat.”
Majors’ lawyer Priya Chaudhry alleged that it was Jabbari who assaulted Majors in the car that night and not the other way around. Hanson, who separated Majors from Jabbari so he could privately discuss his injuries, testified that he did not notice any injuries on Majors.
Ben Totty, Jabbari’s friend and talent agent, also testified Tuesday. He visited Jabbari at the hospital and was with him during the psychological examination which lasted two to three hours.
“Her emotions were palpable, a much younger person, (more) aware of frustration than I’ve ever seen,” he said. “Grace was half of the person she was.” I’ve seen it before. He was unhappy, sad.”
Tuesday ended with a group of testimonies from Josie Torielli, a social worker who does counseling work for victims of domestic violence, intimate relationships and trauma. The defense argued that the prosecution called Torielli as an expert, but the judge rejected it. This Wednesday, his testimony will continue, as the government is nearing the end of the list of witnesses.
The defense also argued that Jabbari made up the allegations to return to the Majors after their breakup. They met in August 2021 on the London set of Marvel’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” and dated for two years before Majors ended the relationship on the night of the attack.
Three misdemeanor counts of assault and public disorder are pending against Majors, to which he has pleaded not guilty. If convicted, he could face up to one year in prison.