Marvel star Anthony Mackie reacts to Jonathan Majors' recent legal troubles: 'Nothing has been proven about this dude'
- Marvel star Anthony Mackie was asked about Jonathan Majors' recent legal troubles.
- The actor said that "nothing has been proven" regarding accusations of domestic violence against Majors.
"Captain America: Brave New World" star Anthony Mackie is the first Marvel actor to discuss the domestic violence accusations against Jonathan Majors, saying that "nothing has been proven about this dude."
Majors, who plays Kang the Conqueror in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, was arrested by the New York Police Department back in March and held on charges of strangulation, assault, and harassment.
In a statement to Insider, the NYPD said that officers responded to a 911 call from a Manhattan apartment where the actor was found in a "domestic dispute" with a 30-year-old woman. His representatives denied any wrongdoing.
Speaking to Inverse in an interview published Wednesday, Mackie said: "We're a country that was built on 'everyone is innocent until proven guilty.' That's one of the staples of this country. Nothing has been proven about this dude. Nothing.
"So everyone is innocent until proven guilty. That's all I can say. It's crazy where we are as a society. But as a country, everyone is innocent until proven guilty," added the actor, who initially played the Falcon in the MCU but has now taken over the mantle of Captain America from Chris Evans.
Majors recently attended a hearing on June 20 in which a judge set a trial date of August 3, 2023.
In a letter to Manhattan judge Rachel S. Pauley, Majors' lawyer Priya Chaudhry called the actor's arrest by the NYPD "racist."
The actor also filed his own domestic violence claim against his accuser on June 21, alleging that she was the one who attacked him on a street corner in Chinatown on March 25.
"In the morning, my face was stuck to the pillow because of the blood from the cut," Majors claimed in the incident report.