Jonathan Majors Admits to Strangling Ex-Girlfriend in Leaked Audio

Jonathan Majors has admitted to strangling his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari, in a previously unheard audio recording obtained by Rolling Stone. Listen to it below.

The 30-second clip was recorded in September 2022, following a multi-day fight between the then-couple that took place in London (he was convicted for a separate New York incident in 2023). In an assault and defamation lawsuit filed by Jabbari in March 2024, she alleged Majors “threw her against the hood of her car” before dragging her into their house and “strangl[ed] her until she felt she could no longer breathe.”

According to Rolling Stone, the unearthed audio “captures Jabbari confronting Majors about the alleged attack in the following days.”

“I’m ashamed I’ve ever –” Majors begins. “I’ve never [been] aggressive with a woman before. I’ve never aggressed a woman — I aggressed you.”

In response, Jabbari clarifies, “You strangled me and pushed me against the car.”

“Yes, all those things are under ‘aggressed,’ yeah,” Majors says. “That’s never happened to me.”

Jabbari then asks if Majors “aggressed” her because she “said something sarcastically.” Majors said there was “clearly” more to it, and agreed with Jabbari’s suggestion that an internal impulse toward her prompted his actions.

Some of the details of this incident surfaced during Majors’ 2023 criminal trial for a separate fight in New York, where he was found guilty of reckless assault in the third degree and harassment. However, the judge’s decision to bar previous instances of alleged physical abuse from the trial meant the only things mentioned in court were Majors trying to dissuade Jabbari from going to the hospital and his threats to kill himself.

Subsequently, Jabbari filed a separate civil lawsuit for defamation, assault and battery, and malicious prosecution, in which she gave a detailed retelling of the alleged London incident. This suit was settled for an undisclosed sum in November 2024.

This audio has surfaced days after the actor’s first major interview since completing the one year of domestic violence counseling ordered in the sentencing of the 2023 trial. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Majors said he was unable to comment directly on Jabbari’s allegations, but admitted “there has to be accountability for writing your own story.”

In a January 2024 interview with Good Morning America, however, Major maintained he was not violent with Jabbari. “[I] never hit a woman,” he said. “My hands have never struck a woman, ever.”