Jonathan Majors’ Lawyer Slams Accuser In Closing Argument: “Entire Case Is Built On Grace’s Lies”
deadline.comJonathan Majors did not commit assault against his then-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari, during a March 25 car ride in Manhattan, but he is on trial for it because police and prosecutors decided against all the evidence that the woman accusing him was the real victim, a defense lawyer told jurors in the first closing argument at the Marvel actor’s domestic violence trial in New York City. ”This entire case is built on Grace’s lies — and, boy, does Grace lie,” lawyer Priya Chaudhry told jurors.
Jurors will decide whether Majors is guilty of inflicting injuries on his Jabbari during that chauffeured ride home from a night out in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Both sides agree that a dispute broke out inside the car when Jabbari spotted a text from another woman on Majors’ phone and tried to grab the device.
Jabbari testified that during the struggle Majors struck her in the head and violently bent back her right hand. The driver stopped, and the dispute spilled out of the vehicle onto a streetcorner in Chinatown.
Read more on deadline.com
