Jonathan Majors Found Guilty

Actor Johnathan Majors was found guilty of assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari. After attempting to or actually taking Majors’s phone from his hand after allegedly seeing a text from what she thought was another girl, Jabbari said he “pried her finger from the phone, grabbed her arm and right hand, twisted her forearm and struck her head to get the phone away from her.” She also said he grabbed her arm and forced her back into the car in which they had been. Some of the charges were dropped, so the details and exact reason for Majors’s conviction are murky.

The above stated, some are asking if Johnathan Majors got screwed over. Within hours of his conviction, Marvel dropped him and so did other endorsers. His supporters have pointed out that in many states, including New York, it is a battery to snatch someone’s phone from their hand. In some cases, it could also lead to charges of robbery.

Jonathan Majors and Grace Jabbari were in a relationship at the time of this incident, and domestic violence is never OK. That said, had a man snatched a phone from his girlfriend’s hand because of a suspected message from another man, he would be labled abusive and controlling. If the cops had come, he would have been arrested for battery at the very least.

The irony in this case is, Majors is the one who called the police. This speaks to his state of mind. Some will say he did this to cover himself. Others will say the opposite.

What is true is, Manors was convicted of assault. Another truth is that domestic violence is never OK, whether it’s a male, female or otherwise performing the act.

What some have begun to wonder is, knowing this case might have started with an act of aggression by Jabbari, is this an open license for suspicious lovers to rip phones from the the hands of their lovers? Or does this only apply when it is the phones of men being snatched away?

This article was written by Jermaine Reed, MFA, the Editor-in-Chief of The Reeders Block, who also works an Adjunct College Professor and director. Join the email list to get notifications on new articles and books. This article is 100% human-written. And remember, if you see an error, that’s what makes us human. Subscribe and share.