Jonathan Majors addressed the previous year and his conviction while accepting the Perseverance Award at the Hollywood Unlocked Impact Awards on June 21, 2024, according to event coverage. The remarks were his personal account; they did not alter the jury’s verdict or the sentence imposed months earlier.
What Majors said at the awards
At the ceremony, held at the Beverly Hilton, Majors received the Perseverance Award. All County Gazette reported that he spoke for about 14 minutes and described his faith as having been “tested” and “strengthened.” TheGrio also reported that he addressed his trial and sentencing in an emotional acceptance speech. These accounts offer an excerpt, not a verified complete transcript.
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All County Gazette quoted Majors saying: “I reckon folks want to know about this last year. As a Black man in the criminal justice system, I felt anger. I felt sadness, hurt, surprise. When they snatched me up out of my apartment in handcuffs, I didn’t feel like all that,” All County Gazette’s event report.
The excerpt reflects Majors’s perspective on the experience. It is not a court finding, and the available reporting does not establish the full wording of the speech.
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What the jury decided
In December 2023, a Manhattan jury found Majors guilty of misdemeanor third-degree assault and second-degree harassment. The jury acquitted him of two other counts. The verdict is distinct from Majors’s later remarks about the case.
For the verdict and trial outcome, see the Associated Press account and The New York Times report.
What the April 2024 sentence required
In April 2024, the court imposed a conditional discharge rather than jail time. The Associated Press reported that the conditions included a 52-week in-person intervention program, continued mental health therapy, and no contact with Grace Jabbari. The reported award-speech coverage does not establish whether Majors later complied with those conditions.
See the Associated Press report on the sentence for the court-ordered terms.
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How to read the speech alongside the case
- The speech: Majors’s reported account of how he felt about the previous year and the criminal justice system.
- The verdict: The jury’s guilty findings on two counts and acquittals on two others.
- The sentence: The court’s April 2024 conditional discharge and its reported conditions.
Keeping those separate matters: an acceptance speech can convey a person’s reaction, but it does not replace the verdict, add legal findings, or establish compliance with a sentence.
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