Character witnesses that actor Jonathan Majors' legal team sent to deny abuse allegations say they never gave permission to defend him: Rolling Stone

• Jonathan Majors is facing allegations that he abused former romantic partners, Rolling Stone reported.
• Majors' lawyers in response sent six statements from women Majors had dated or knew.

Jonathan Majors' legal team came up with six character witnesses to defend the Hollywood actor against abuse allegations plaguing him — but more than half of those people claim they never gave permission for their statements to be released, according to Rolling Stone.

In a bombshell report published on Thursday, Rolling Stone reported that more than a dozen sources alleged that Majors — who was arrested in March and accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend — abused two romantic partners, engaging in physical abuse with one and abusing both emotionally.

Majors' attorney, Dustin Pusch, told the magazine in a statement that the actor "vehemently denies Rolling Stone's false allegations that he physically, verbally, or emotionally abused anyone, let alone any of his past romantic partners."

The Marvel actor's legal team sent Rolling Stone six character witness statements from women Majors had dated or knew as part of the lawyers' response to the allegations, the magazine reported.

Three of those people told Rolling Stone that they never gave permission to Majors' attorneys to release those statements.

Another woman said the statement attributed to her by Majors' team was pre-written and not true, the magazine reported. That woman also said she never gave permission for it to be released, according to Rolling Stone.

The only woman to go on the record to defend the star actor was Majors' girlfriend from when he was a teenager, Rolling Stone reported.

Majors' attorneys told Insider in a statement on Friday that "Rolling Stone has misrepresented the circumstances under which it was provided written statements from individuals who know Jonathan Majors."

"The statements were provided to Rolling Stone off the record and not for publication expressly to protect the privacy of the individuals and to make sure they could decide for themselves whether and how to comment, and Rolling Stone was encouraged to reach out to the individuals directly for that purpose," the statement said.

The attorneys added, "The statements were not manufactured and there was plainly no intention to misrepresent the opinions of these individuals, each of whom Mr. Majors deeply respects. We expect Rolling Stone to correct this misrepresentation in the article, in addition to the many other falsehoods in it."

Reps for Rolling Stone did not immediately respond to a request for comment by Insider on Friday.