Jonathan Majors‘ assault trial is heading into its third day and his accuser, Grace Jabbari, will likely be again on the stand — however this time his lawyer can have an opportunity to grill her in regards to the alleged assault.
The actor’s ex-girlfriend — who’s the prosecution’s star witness within the case — is all set for cross-examination from the protection Wednesday … this after testifying Tuesday about her POV of the incident that is landed them in courtroom.
Most notably, Jabbari backed prosecutors’ assertion she was victimized that fateful night time in March — when Majors was arrested and in the end charged with assault and harassment.
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Jonathan Majors Arrested for Assaulting Woman in NYC, He Denies It
Early Wednesday, she testified she’d taken 2 over-the-counter sleeping tablets on the night of the alleged assault. She says that is why she ended up asleep, and half-naked on the toilet flooring at Jonathan’s condominium — and when she wakened, police had been standing over her and he or she might hear Jonathan within the adjoining room.
He is pled not responsible, and this whole time … he and his attorneys have insisted he was the one who was attacked that night time — not the opposite approach round. Prosecutors, nonetheless, instructed a unique story of their opening assertion … insisting Jabbari had been in an abusive relationship with the man, which boiled over in brutality in a non-public automotive they had been in.
Jabbari reiterated that whereas on the stand, telling her aspect of the story by explaining she caught JM texting one other girl and confronted him about it — snatching his cellphone away, after which claiming he roughed her up in an try and get it again. She additionally testified that when she tried to flee the automotive, he grabbed her and threw her inside once more … one thing that was reportedly depicted in surveillance video that the prosecution performed for jurors in courtroom.
After their squabble … Jabbari says she went to a party with strangers she’d simply met in an try and take her thoughts off issues — and whereas she’s appeared unhurt in images and videos showing her at the club, GB testified she was truly harm and licking her wounds.
There have been different bombshell moments throughout her 1st day on the stand, together with a recording she’d as soon as taken of Majors throughout an argument — by which he apparently referred to as upon her to be extra like Coretta Scott King and Michelle Obama, whereas shouting “I’m a great man!”
Jabbari additionally claimed Majors had been aggressive along with her prior to now, together with one alleged time when she says he misplaced it on her after she introduced up her ex-boyfriend’s doggo.
Majors remained stone-faced throughout Jabbari’s testimony, which is able to now pivot to her being questioned by his protection attorneys — who will undoubtedly attempt to decide aside her story.
In some unspecified time in the future, prosecutors will presumably name different witnesses — together with the driving force of their personal automotive that night time … who could be the one materials, and presumably unbiased, witness to Majors and Jabbari’s battle.
