Marvel Is Officially Parting Ways With Jonathan Majors Following His Assault/Harassment Conviction

(THR) Jonathan Majors is out at Marvel Studios in a stunning career blow for the once-rising actor.

On Dec. 18, a Manhattan jury found Majors guilty of reckless assault in the third degree and guilty of harassment following a two-week trial that stemmed from a March incident between the actor and his ex-partner, Grace Jabbari.

Before his March arrest, Majors was positioned as the key figure in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with the Disney-owned studio building its entire current story arc around Majors’ Kang the Conqueror. The time-traveling villain factored into Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania as well as both seasons of Loki and he was going to lead Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, slated for May 1, 2026.

Majors was arrested on March 25, after he called 911 after saying he found his ex-partner, Grace Jabbari, in their New York apartment unconscious. Police said they found injuries on Jabbari, including a bruised and fractured finger and a cut behind an ear. Majors pled not guilty to all charges.

This entire saga has been extremely weird from start to finish. The initial claims were obviously horrible and followed up by insane moves from Majors PR team including sending news outlets character witness statements without their permission, some of which claimed to be untruthful.

Releasing the text messages between Majors and his ex to the press, which only made him look way more guilty

And then this video where Majors "breaks up a fight between two teens" 

One of the more staged looking things you'll ever see. 

Before this kicked off, Majors was one of the fastest rising stars in Hollywood. So much so that the biggest franchise on earth, the MCU, trusted him to be their next guy. Well, now that jerkoff can go enjoy making movies in Europe after his sentence/probation ends like all the other exiled Hollywood actors. 

The way less serious question is what does this mean for the MCU? Well, the character of Kang is rooted in the multiverse, so recasting shouldn't really be much of a problem. They have a whole lot of issues to fix from a qualitative standpoint anyway, and maybe making sure the casting directors do more thorough vetting before signing someone onto a multi-billion dollar franchise can be a point of emphasis.