US Army Pauses Multimillion Dollar Ad Campaign Featuring Jonathan Majors After His Arrest
deadline.comThe US Army has put a hold on its new multimillion dollar ad campaign featuring Jonathan Majors in the wake of the actor’s Saturday arrest.
The ad campaign was paused Sunday after Majors, its featured actor, was arrested the day before, officials said. He was the on-screen narrator in the revived “Be All You Can Be” ads.
Majors faces charges of assault, strangulation, and harassment, New York Police told Army Times. “The U.S. Army is aware of the arrest of Jonathan Majors and we are deeply concerned by the allegations surrounding his arrest,” said Laura DeFrancisco, spokesperson for the Army Enterprise Marketing Office, which oversees the DDB ad and executes the marketing efforts.
Majors and a 30-year-old woman were involved in what police call “a domestic dispute,” with the woman sustained injuries to her head and neck.
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