Jonathan Majors will be tried in August for assault

Actor Jonathan Majors appeared in a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday morning during a brief hearing where a trial date for his felony case was set for August.

During a hearing that lasted less than five minutes, the judge, Rachel S. Pauley, set the date of Mr. Majors’ trial for August 3 and reminded him that the order requiring him to stay away from the woman whose he is charged, remains in effect. .

Mr. Majors, wearing a brown suit and a crisp white collared shirt, sat for a while in the back of the courtroom wearing sunglasses next to his girlfriend, actress Meagan Good. He spoke very little during the hearing, which began around 9:39 am. He greeted the judge and acknowledged her instructions, but otherwise remained silent as he stood before her.

Mr Majors, 33, was arrested in March after what police described as a ‘domestic dispute’. He was subsequently charged on a complaint that included several felony charges. In their initial reports, authorities said the victim, described only as a 30-year-old woman, told investigators she was assaulted and taken to a hospital after suffering minor injuries to her head and neck, according to police. .

Lawyers of Mr. Majors have repeatedly denied the allegations. Priya Chaudhry, one of his lawyers, said in a statement Tuesday that “within a few weeks of these false allegations, we have provided the prosecutor with evidence of Mr. Majors’ innocence.”

She claimed it was the woman who assaulted Mr. Majors, not the other way around. “While we hope that the prosecutor will review these materials in good faith and do the right thing soon, in order to expedite our case, we have requested a trial date as soon as possible,” she said in the statement.

mr. Majors is a rising star in Hollywood who has delivered a string of performances that had made him a potential Oscar nominee. He starred in “Creed III”, which was released in March and appeared in “Magazine Dreams”, with a performance that caused a stir at the Sundance Film Festival. His character from the ‘Black Panther’ movies, Kang, was also emerging as a major part of Disney’s Marvel franchise.

But the news of his arrest raises questions about his future prospects. Shortly after his arrest, the US military removed advertisements featuring Mr. Majors from rotation. And it’s not clear if the allegations have jeopardized his work with Disney.