Actor Jonathan Majors was arrested Saturday morning in New York City on charges of domestic violence, authorities said.
The NYPD said in a statement provided to CBS News that the 33-year-old “Creed 3” star has been taken into custody on suspicion of choking, assault and molestation.
According to the New York Police Department, officers were dispatched to a 911 call from an apartment in the Chelsea neighborhood at 11:14 a.m., where a “preliminary investigation” determined there was a “domestic dispute” involving Majors and the 30-year-old. woman.
Police said the woman, who told officers she had been assaulted, was taken to hospital with minor head and neck injuries. She was in stable condition.
Police said Majors was arrested at the scene.
A representative for Majors told CBS News in a brief statement that the actor “did nothing wrong. We look forward to clearing his name and making that clear.”
Majors’ other film and television credits include “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” “Devotion,” and “Lovecraft Country,” for which he received an Emmy nod.
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