Jonathan Majors has admitted to strangling his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari, in a beforehand unheard audio recording obtained by Rolling Stone. Hearken to it beneath.
The 30-second clip was recorded in September 2022, following a multi-day combat between the then-couple that came about in London (he was convicted for a separate New York incident in 2023). In an assault and defamation lawsuit filed by Jabbari in March 2024, she alleged Majors “threw her in opposition to the hood of her automobile” earlier than dragging her into their home and “strangl[ed] her till she felt she might now not breathe.”
In line with Rolling Stone, the unearthed audio “captures Jabbari confronting Majors in regards to the alleged assault within the following days.”
“I’m ashamed I’ve ever –” Majors begins. “I’ve by no means [been] aggressive with a girl earlier than. I’ve by no means aggressed a girl — I aggressed you.”
In response, Jabbari clarifies, “You strangled me and pushed me in opposition to the automobile.”
“Sure, all these issues are beneath ‘aggressed,’ yeah,” Majors says. “That’s by no means occurred to me.”
Jabbari then asks if Majors “aggressed” her as a result of she “stated one thing sarcastically.” Majors stated there was “clearly” extra to it, and agreed with Jabbari’s suggestion that an inside impulse towards her prompted his actions.
Among the particulars of this incident surfaced throughout Majors’ 2023 felony trial for a separate combat in New York, the place he was discovered responsible of reckless assault within the third diploma and harassment. Nevertheless, the choose’s determination to bar earlier situations of alleged bodily abuse from the trial meant the one issues talked about in courtroom had been Majors making an attempt to dissuade Jabbari from going to the hospital and his threats to kill himself.
Subsequently, Jabbari filed a separate civil lawsuit for defamation, assault and battery, and malicious prosecution, through which she gave an in depth retelling of the alleged London incident. This swimsuit was settled for an undisclosed sum in November 2024.
This audio has surfaced days after the actor’s first main interview since finishing the one 12 months of home violence counseling ordered within the sentencing of the 2023 trial. Talking to The Hollywood Reporter, Majors stated he was unable to remark instantly on Jabbari’s allegations, however admitted “there must be accountability for writing your personal story.”
In a January 2024 interview with Good Morning America, nonetheless, Main maintained he was not violent with Jabbari. “[I] by no means hit a girl,” he stated. “My arms have by no means struck a girl, ever.”