Just hours after MCU actor Jonathan Majors was found guilty of harassment and assault, Marvel Lightspeed cut ties with the black actor. IGN has learned that Marvel is no longer working with Majors.
Deadline first exposed the news, and IGN later confirmed the news from sources familiar with the matter. On Monday local time in the United States, a jury found Majors guilty of one count of assault and one count of harassment, both misdemeanors. He faces a year in prison.
It's unclear whether Marvel will continue to recast Kang or abandon the character entirely. Variety previously reported that Marvel had considered using Doctor Doom as an MCU villain.
"Avengers 5" may face a lot of changes due to Majors being sentenced and his role in "Avengers 5: Reign of Kang". The latest news about says that "Avengers 5: Reign of Kang" will delete "Reign of Kang " and directly become "Avengers 5" .
Majors was found guilty
Majors was arrested on March 25 on charges of strangulation, assault and harassment. After several delays, the trial began on December 4, in which his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari testified that he was abusive throughout the relationship, but focused on the March 25 incident. incident. Jabari said she took his phone after seeing a text message from another woman, and that Majors sprained her hand and arm and hit her in the head while trying to grab the phone from her in the back seat of the SUV. One punch.
Video evidence shown to the six-person jury also showed Majors and Jabari getting out of the car and Majors pushing her back into the car. While the jury found Majors guilty of two counts of assault and harassment, they also acquitted him of two other charges - third-degree intentional assault and second-degree aggravated assault.
Majors has pleaded not guilty to all charges, and his legal team has maintained that Jabari was the attacker. His defense attorney Priya Chaudhry said in a statement obtained by IGN on Monday that he "remains confident in the judicial process and looks forward to being fully cleared of his name."
