Jonathan Majors Receives Trial Date, Makes Court Appearance

An Aug. 3 trial date has been set in the court case against Jonathan Majors on misdemeanor charges of assault and harassment. 

Majors appeared in person in New York criminal court Tuesday for a status conference in connection with the charges. The Creed III actor entered the courtroom with actress Meagan Good. Majors was wearing sunglasses and a brown linen suit. He later removed the sunglasses and approached the bench with a brown cup in hand and what appeared to be a Bible. 

Majors was arrested on March 25 in New York when police responded to a 911 call in Chelsea. Police said a 30-year-old woman reported being assaulted by the actor and had sustained minor injuries to her head and neck. Priya Chaudhry, Majors’ criminal defense lawyer, has denied any wrongdoing on the part of her client and says he called 911 out of concern about the woman’s “mental health.”

The actor, who recently starred in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, was released from police custody later in the day on March 25 and faces misdemeanor charges of assault and aggravated harassment. 

Since the alleged incident, a judge granted a full temporary order of protection for the woman involved in the case. The order was requested by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office and granted with the consent of defense counsel, which called the move standard practice.

Judge Rachel S. Pauley informed Majors and Chaudhry on Tuesday that the actor must continue to abide by the full stay-away order for protection, which includes no contact with the individual.

After the hearing, Chaudhry released a statement reiterating her client’s innocence and alleging that the woman involved assaulted Majors, not the other way around, and that she should be charged. Chaudhry said her team has provided video and photographs to that effect.

“While we are hopeful that the District Attorney is reviewing these materials in good faith and will do the right thing soon, to accelerate our case, we’ve requested a trial date ASAP,” Chaudhry said in a statement.

In April, Majors was dropped by his management company, Entertainment 360, and public relations team, The Lede Company. A day after his arrest, a representative of the Army Enterprise Marketing Office said that a U.S. Army ad campaign featuring Majors had been paused.

8:49 a.m. This story has been updated with a statement from Chaudhry, released after the hearing.