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Actor Jonathan Majors’ ex-girlfriend drops assault and defamation lawsuit against rising star
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Actor Jonathan Majors’ ex-girlfriend drops assault and defamation lawsuit against rising star


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Jonathan Majors’ ex-girlfriend has left her suit for assault and defamation against the once-rising Hollywood star after reaching a settlement.

Attorneys for Majors and Grace Jabbari agreed to dismiss the case with prejudice, according to a joint filing in federal court in Manhattan on Thursday.

Jabbari’s lawyer said Friday that the lawsuit had been “favorably settled,” but declined to elaborate.

“Grace Jabbari has shown extraordinary courage throughout this very long and difficult process,” attorney Brittany Henderson said in a statement. “Hopefully he can finally put this chapter behind him and move forward with his head held high.”

Representatives for the Majors did not respond to emails seeking comment Friday.

Jabbari, in her lawsuit filed in March, accused the 35-year-old Marvel and “Creed III” star of subjecting her to increasing incidents of physical and verbal abuse during their relationship, including assault, assault, defamation and infliction of emotional distress.

The British dancer filed the lawsuit after several months Majors was convicted of misdemeanor assault and harassment in connection with an altercation in Manhattan.

During a struggle that began in the back seat of a car with a driver before it took off into the street, Jabbari said Majors hit him in the head with an open hand, twisted his arm behind his back and squeezed his middle finger until it fractured.

Majors claimed that Jabbari flew into a jealous rage and was the aggressor and that he was just trying to get his phone back and get away to safety.

Majors avoided prison time, but was ordered by a judge in April to complete a counseling program for a year.

Following the guilty verdict, Majors was immediately dropped by Marvel Studios, who cast him as Kang the Conqueror, a role envisioned as the main villain in the entertainment empire’s films and television shows for years to come.

Majors and Jabbari met in 2021 on the set of the Marvel film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania in which Majors played Kang and Jabbari served as a movement coach.

Majors have slowly re-emerged on the Hollywood scene in recent weeks.

His feature film “Magazine Dreams” was acquired for theatrical release last month.

The bodybuilding drama attracted early Oscar attention for Majors, but was dropped by its distributors after its conviction last December.

Then, earlier this month, Majors and fellow actor Meagan Good announced their engagement at the Ebony Power 100 Gala in Los Angeles.