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Will Jonathan Majors testify in his defense at Loki Domestic violence litigation has become even more important today as the Manhattan District Attorney’s office took a break this morning.
Almost after the verdict of the prosecution after the opening of the court on Wednesday, the group led by Priya Chaudhry moved to dismiss the case. The Hail Mary is a common method in such trials. With Majors himself sitting a few feet away in the 100 Center Street courtroom, Judge Michael Gaffey denied the motion, as is customary in such trials.
In explaining his quick decision, the judge said prosecutors had presented “reasonable evidence” to support the charges.
Despite past events that have come up in court, Majors has insisted that he is innocent since he was arrested for assault earlier this year for the incident in which March was accused. 25 and his girlfriend Grace Jabbari. If the court confirms the three men and three women, he can be sentenced to prison for up to one year.
On June 22, following her claim that Jabbari was the aggressor that spring night, Majors filed a lawsuit against the British national, whom she has been dating since 2021. In late October, Jabbari turned himself in to an NYPD station and was arrested. Repeating what they said earlier, DA Alvin Bragg’s office said they would not charge him and “the case is now closed and sealed.”
On Wednesday morning, the NYPD’s Ronnie Mejia, who recommended an investigation into the actions alleged by Jabbari, was the first witness for the defense. Mejia said lawyers for Majors, not the player himself, appeared in court in June.
Majors himself arrived at the courthouse before 9am ET today with family members and girlfriend Meagan Good, and kissed his mother in the hallway before entering the courtroom. side door of the courtroom. He wore a dark gray suit and a light blue tie in the courtroom. It was not clear today whether the developments in the trial have made Majors’ testimony more clear.
Before today, jurors spent more than a week in the Majors domestic violence trial in New York City, to hear evidence about the fight that took place between Dream Magazine star and choreographer Jabbari during the car ride home on March 25.
They recorded video, text messages, audio recordings, and an eyewitness account from the driver that night. They watched tearful testimony from Jabbari, who said Majors had a temper tantrum and had previous incidents. They heard from Jabbari that Majors hit her in the car after he saw a text from another woman and tried to grab her phone. Jurors have seen photographs of the various injuries Jabbari is said to have suffered, including a dislocated finger and a fractured skull. They’ve heard from doctors, trauma experts and more.
But the jury did not directly hear from Majors himself, and the question of whether he will stand up in his own defense hangs in the balance. the subject from the beginning. Chaudhry raised the possibility during jury selection, asking the pool of 39 jurors that he might not be believed as a witness because he was an actor.
Now, DA’s attorneys are using Majors’ words against him to try to convince a jury that he was an abuser, physically and emotionally, over the past two years. the couple and the 25th of March.
In a major court shakeup, some of the material previously unsealed by Judge Michael Gaffey, calling it “prejudicial and vexatious,” now goes to the jury, with the decision of judge the defense opened the door. in the opening of the seals and his investigation of Iabari. In court testimony this morning, photos of Jabbari and his injuries taken by attending NYPD offices in March were released, as were several of Majors’ threatening texts. not living with his girlfriend at the time. It seems that it happened after a disagreement between the couple in their controversial relationship, that the writings first referred to the matter.
As of today, Majors spends the trial between his lawyers, sometimes writing, while various members of his family and Good look on from wide seats in a courtroom full of spectators. A ceramic bowl and a Bible with golden pages that he brings to court every day rest on the table in front of him.
Jurors last week heard that Majors criticized Jabbari for his shortcomings as a partner in audio recorded by Jabbari without his knowledge in London in 2022. “I’m a great person … doing things great,” Majors said on the tape. “The woman who supports me … must be a good woman and make sacrifices.”
The chiefs sat in court on December 8 as texts could be damned between him and Jabbari about an incident in London – six months before he was arrested in New York – was read aloud. “I’m going to tell the doctor I have a headache when I leave,” Jabbari wrote about plans to get some pain medication from the hospital. Majors wrote back that going to the hospital will “lead to an investigation even if you lie and they suspect something.”
The trial lasted about two weeks after opening statements were given on December 4.