Jonathan Majors said he was “shocked and afraid” when a jury found him guilty in his domestic violence trial.
“I’m standing there, and the verdict comes down. I say, ‘How is that possible based off the evidence, based off the prosecution’s evidence, let alone our evidence? How is that possible?'” the former Marvel star told ABC News Live in his first sit-down interview since his Dec. 18 conviction.
Majors, 34, was found guilty on one count of misdemeanor third-degree assault and one count of second-degree harassment of his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari.
The jury acquitted the “Creed III” star on two other counts of assault and aggravated harassment in a split verdict.
He is awaiting sentencing on the misdemeanor charges, which will take place on Feb. 6, but already declared that he will appeal his convictions.
“I’m really blessed. I’m surrounded by people who love me, who care about me. But this has been very, very, very hard and very difficult and confusing in many ways,” Majors told journalist Linsey Davis.
“But I’m standing.”
The actor revealed he has not seen his young daughter, Ella, because of the case against him.
“Everything has kinda gone away. And it’s just me now, you know, and my lovely, you know, partner, Meagan [Good], and my dogs,” he said.
Although the jury’s verdict indicated that they believed Majors assaulted his then-girlfriend, he insisted he did so unintentionally, saying he had picked up Jabbari and put her in a for-hire SUV, which was “one of the biggest mistakes” of his life.
“I pick her up, I put her back in the car. I’m trying to get rid of her. I’m trying to get away from her, as the video shows, you know?” he said.
“Second biggest mistake of my life, I try to keep her in the car.”
The “Devotion” star also vehemently denied twisting Jabbari’s arm and maintained he is unaware of how she obtained her injuries.
“She went to grab the phone. I held the phone. I pulled the phone back. She came on top of me, squeezed my face, slapped me. That’s all I remember,” he said.
“I wish to God I knew. That would give clarity. That would give me some type of peace about it.”
A spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office responded to ABC News Live, saying in part that they do their speaking in court.
Jabbari, 31, testified in court that she became “scared” of Majors after he allegedly berated her for bringing up an ex-boyfriend. She also alleged that after she and the “Lovecraft Country” actor would get into fights, he’d refer to himself as a “monster” and threaten suicide.
“I pleaded with him [so that] he wouldn’t do that,” she claimed. “He would say, ‘It’s in place. It’s in motion.’ I’d say, ‘You can’t do that. What about your mother? What about your daughter?’
“I would intend to make him feel safe and loved and secure. And he would receive that.”
Majors was arrested on March 25 after he and the “Barbie” actress got into a domestic dispute while taking a taxi home from a bar in Brooklyn.
“It is clear that the jury did not believe Grace Jabbari’s story of what happened in the SUV because they found that Mr. Majors did not intentionally cause any injuries to her. We are grateful for that,” his lawyer, Priya Chaudhry, told Pvnew following the verdict.
“We are disappointed, however, that despite not believing Ms. Jabbari, the jury nevertheless found that Mr. Majors was somehow reckless while she was attacking him.”
