- Marvel's 'Kang the Conqueror,' Jonathan Majors, appeared virtually at a NYC domestic-violence hearing.
- The judge denied Majors' last, pre-trial bid to dismiss the misdemeanor charges.
Marvel star Jonathan Majors will stand trial November 29 on misdemeanor domestic violence charges brought by his choreographer ex-girlfriend, a Manhattan judge ordered Wednesday after denying the actor's latest bid to get the career-crippling case dismissed.
Judge Michael Gaffey rejected, without comment, a dismissal motion by Majors' defense lawyers, who argued that the case lacked sufficient evidence and was not moving forward quickly enough.
Majors stands accused of attacking and injuring Grace Jabbari on March 23, 2023, during a midnight argument that started in the backseat of a hired car and spilled onto the streets of Manhattan's Chinatown.
Jabbari, 30, a London-based movement coach, met Majors, 33, on the set of "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania."
Majors appeared in the courtroom Wednesday via video feed, dressed in a tan, button-down shirt and tie. He did not respond to the decision not to toss the case.
His lawyer, Priya Chaudhry continued to press his case after the decision, filing another motion, this time under seal. She said the new motion involves bombshell information that, if made public, could blow up Majors' chances of a fair trial.
"This is extremely sensitive information," she said of her new motion's contents. "We believe that the disclosure will jeopardize Mr. Majors' right to a fair trial in this case," co-counsel Seth Zuckerman told the judge.
Majors has said through his attorneys that he will fight the charges aggressively, including at trial. He argues that sidewalk and nightclub security videos show Jabbari's injuries – including a broken right middle finger and a bloody cut behind her right ear – were caused hours after their dispute, likely during a drunken fall while alone at his Chelsea penthouse.
He alleges that she was the one who physically attacked him, scratching his face and arm and tearing his coat.
Meanwhile, Jabbari is expected to surrender to police outside a police precinct in Chelsea Wednesday on third-degree domestic assault charges that Majors filed in a counter-claim against her.
Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Erin Tierney has vowed not to prosecute any charges that the NYPD brings against the movement coach. The prosecutor has acknowledged that she has struck an informal agreement with Jabbari to have her testify against Majors at trial.