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UPDATE: Jonathan Majors’ Attorney Releases Alleged Texts From Assault Accuser— “I Told Them It Was My Fault”

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;Jonathan&plus;majors&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&percnt;5B&percnt;5D&equals;post&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&percnt;5B&percnt;5D&equals;list&lowbar;posts&amp&semi;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;1v8aqqq&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;NDgyMTE4MDE5LjE2ODAxOTE4Njk&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4MDE5MTg2OC4xLjAuMTY4MDE5MTg2OC4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Jonathan Majors<&sol;strong>&&num;8216&semi;<&sol;a> attorney released text messages from the alleged assault victim seemingly admitting fault in the incident that led to his arrest earlier this week<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Priya Chaudhry<&sol;strong>&comma; Majors&&num;8217&semi; lawyer&comma; told multiple outlets&comma; including <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2023&sol;03&sol;30&sol;jonathan-majors-lawyer-texts-victim-admit-fault-assault&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em>TMZ<&sol;em><&sol;a> and <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thewrap&period;com&sol;jonathan-majors-arrest-text-messages-alleged-assault&sol;">The Wrap<&sol;a>&comma; <&sol;em>that the woman&comma; who has not been publicly identified&comma; sent the texts in question to the &&num;8220&semi;Creed III&&num;8221&semi; actor&comma; just hours after his arrest last weekend and &&num;8220&semi;admitted that she was the one who used physical force against him&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Jonathan Major&&num;8217&semi;s Attorney Says Texts From Alleged Victim Show Her Client Is Innocent<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The texts&comma; purportedly sent by the victim&comma; says she was angry when Jonathan was handcuffed&comma; and added&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Will make sure nothing happens about this&period; I told them it was my fault for trying to grab your phone&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I told them it was my fault for trying to grab your phone&comma;” the first text reads&comma; adding in the third text that she &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;read the paper they gave me about strangulation and I said point blank this did not occur and should be removed immediately&comma;” and that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the origin of the call was to do with me collapsing and passing out and your worry as my partner due to our communication prior&period; Out of care&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Another text sent a few hours later shows the woman claiming she&&num;8217&semi;s working hard to make sure the district attorney doesn&&num;8217&semi;t charge Majors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<section id&equals;"cb-7799738bcd5151bd5036c329c5ac470d" class&equals;"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default " data-context&equals;"&lbrace;&quot&semi;section&quot&semi;&colon;&quot&semi;permalink&quot&semi;&comma;&quot&semi;name&quot&semi;&colon;&quot&semi;text&lowbar;block&quot&semi;&rcub;">Chaudhry has reportedly since turned these alleged texts over to authorities&period;<&sol;section>&NewLine;<section data-context&equals;"&lbrace;&quot&semi;section&quot&semi;&colon;&quot&semi;permalink&quot&semi;&comma;&quot&semi;name&quot&semi;&colon;&quot&semi;text&lowbar;block&quot&semi;&rcub;"><&sol;section>&NewLine;<p>https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;Phil&lowbar;Lewis&lowbar;&sol;status&sol;1641455331229454336<&sol;p>&NewLine;<section id&equals;"cb-e064f54734670521cce0a20586927f21" class&equals;"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default " data-context&equals;"&lbrace;&quot&semi;section&quot&semi;&colon;&quot&semi;permalink&quot&semi;&comma;&quot&semi;name&quot&semi;&colon;&quot&semi;text&lowbar;block&quot&semi;&rcub;">On March 25&comma; Majors was arrested for misdemeanor assault&comma; aggravated harassment&comma; attempted assault&comma; and harassment after the alleged victim reportedly saw another woman texting him&comma; prompting her to try and sneak a peek at his cellphone&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Attorney Says Text Messages And Video Footage Will Clear Majors&&num;8217&semi; Name<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>On Sunday&comma; Chaudhry told TMZ that she was already in the process of gathering evidence to disprove those charges&comma; claiming the aforementioned texts and video footage will clear Majors&&num;8217&semi; name&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;section>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;jonathan-majors-arrested-for-domestic-assault-strangulation-and-harassment-lawyer-claims-woman-recanted-allegations-after-his-arrest&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;t49wx&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;MTU2MTk0ODA3NC4xNjgwMTg1NDc1&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4MDE4NTQ3NC4xLjEuMTY4MDE4OTQ2Ny4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Jonathan Majors Arrested For Domestic Assault&comma; Strangulation&comma; And Harassment&semi; Lawyer Claims Woman Recanted Allegations After His Arrest<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>Last week&comma; <strong><em>The Shade Room<&sol;em> <&sol;strong>reported that Majors&comma; 33&comma; was arrested after a 911 call was made from an apartment located in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood&period; A statement from the New York Police Department &lpar;NYPD&rpar; said that the victim had sustained minor injuries to her head and neck&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The victim was identified as a 30-year-old woman&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1640025172907270144" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Majors Charged With Assault&comma; Strangulation And Harassment&comma; Lawyer Claims He&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;Completely Innocent&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Though he was reportedly charged with assault&comma; strangulation&comma; and harassment&comma; his lawyer claims he’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;completely innocent” with evidence to prove it&period; In statement shared with TMZ&comma; the attorney claimed the actor is the actual victim&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Jonathan Majors is completely innocent and is provably the victim of an altercation with a woman he knows&period; We are quickly gathering and presenting evidence to the district attorney with the expectation that all charges will be dropped imminently&comma;” Chaudhry wrote&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The evidence Chaudhry mentioned allegedly includes video footage from the vehicle where the alleged assault happened&comma; witness testimony from the driver and others&comma; and two written statements from the woman involved&period; In the written statements&comma; the woman allegedly recanted her allegations&comma; per Chaudhry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CqQo4eypVQw" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Attorney Claims Majors’ Accuser Was Having An &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Emotional Crisis&comma;” U&period;S&period; Army Drops Majors From Ads<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Jonathan’s lawyer also suggested the incident resulted from the woman having an emotional reaction&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A judge ultimately released him without bail&period; His next court appearance is reportedly scheduled for May&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; the backlash against Jonathan for the allegations has already extended beyond social media platforms&period; Over the weekend&comma; the U&period;S&period; Army pulled two recruiting ads featuring Majors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"dangerously-inserted&lowbar;&lowbar;html ">&NewLine;<p><em>TMZ <&sol;em>has suggested&comma; per law enforcement sources&comma; that the woman is Majors girlfriend&period; They claim jealousy sparked the incident&comma; which included the woman confronting him over texting another woman&period; The outlet added that she tried to look at Majors’ phone&comma; 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