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Two
women
who
have
been
previously
involved
with
Jonathan
Majors
have
now
come
forward
publicly
with
allegations
of
abuse
by
the
movie
star.
A
new
report
from
the
New
York
Times
released
on
Thursday
(Feb.
8)
has
revealed
that
two
former
girlfriends
of
actor
Jonathan
Majors
have
come
forward
to
publicly
accuse
him
of
abuse.
Emma
Duncan,
who
was
engaged
to
Majors
from
2015
to
2019,
and
Maura
Hooper
who
dated
Majors
from
2013
to
2015
are
the
women
who
made
their
claims
to
the
press.
The
allegations
come
two
months
after
the
former
Marvel
actor
was
convicted
in
New
York
on
charges
of
reckless
assault
and
harassment
of
his
ex-girlfriend,
Grace
Jabbari
stemming
from
an
incident
last
March.
The
women
initially
gave
accounts
of
their
experiences
with
him
in
interviews
and
statements
delivered
to
the
court
before
Majors’
trial
under
the
Molineux
rule
which
allowed
the
court
to
determine
if
the
prosecution
could
submit
evidence
to
show
a
past
pattern
of
behavior.
Duncan
stated
that
Majors
was
emotionally
abusive
during
their
relationship,
and
had
also
choked
and
bruised
her
at
several
points
in
addition
to
making
disturbing
threats
against
her.
Priya
Chaudhry,
Majors’
defense
attorney,
said
in
a
statement
that
Majors
denied
those
acts
but
also
said
he
was
“choosing
to
take
responsibility
for
his
own
part
in
that
toxic
relationship,
focusing
on
himself,
and
addressing
his
lifelong
depression.”
Hooper’s
statement
also
contained
allegations
of
emotional
abuse
directed
towards
her
by
Majors
while
they
were
students
at
the
Yale
School
of
Drama,
including
one
instance
where
he
told
her
he’d
“rip
you
out
of
my
heart
the
way
they
ripped
our
baby
out
of
you”
about
an
abortion
she
had
months
into
their
relationship.
Chaudhry’s
statement
says
that
Majors
remembers
the
“mutually
intense
conversations”
but
“regrets
saying
hurtful
things.”
Ultimately,
the
court
didn’t
allow
the
statements
to
be
entered
into
evidence.
In
separate
statements
to
the
New
York
Times,
two
women
who
worked
on
the
set
of
HBO’s
Lovecraft
Country
with
Majors
in
2019
delivered
statements
of
their
confrontational
experiences
with
Majors
which
made
for
a
“hostile
work
environment.”
Multiple
women
crew
members
had
complained
to
higher-ups
at
the
network
about
his
behavior,
forcing
HBO
to
compel
him
to
deliver
an
apology
to
the
women,
which
he
reportedly
did
so
gruffly,
saying
it
was
“a
misunderstanding.”
Chaudhry
said
that
Majors
had
“never
been
told
that
anyone
objected
to
his
behavior.”
