Jonathan Majors, renowned for portraying Kang in Marvel films, has been convicted of assaulting his ex-girlfriend, British choreographer Grace Jabbari, during an altercation in March.

The jury's verdict was delivered on Monday after three days of deliberations. Majors, 34, could face up to a year in jail and has been dropped from upcoming Marvel movie roles.

The announcement prompted Marvel to state that they will not proceed with Majors on future projects.

The crime took place when the couple were in a car in New York and Ms Jabbari saw a text message from another woman on Majors' phone, which said: "Wish I was kissing you right now."

According to prosecutors, when she took the phone, he then grabbed her, twisted her arm behind her back and hit her in the head to get it back.

"I felt like a hard blow across my head," Ms Jabbari testified.

The jury found him guilty of two of the four domestic violence charges that he was facing.

He was found guilty of assault by recklessly causing physical injury, as well as harassment.

But the jury declined to convict him on charges of aggravated harassment and assault with intent to cause physical harm.

The prosecution painted the assault as the latest escalation in Majors' attempts to "exert control" over his girlfriend through physical and emotional violence. They shared voice recordings and text messages between the former couple with the jury.

"I'm a monster. A horrible man. Not capable of love," the actor sent in a text in September 2022 while threatening to kill himself.

Jabbari, seen during 2021's London Fashion Week, was a movement coach on Ant-Man and the Wasp

In audio from an argument that same month, Majors told her she needed to act more like Coretta Scott King and Michelle Obama, the wives of Martin Luther King and former President Barack Obama.

"I am doing great things, not just for me but for my culture and the world," he said, adding that she would need to "make sacrifices" for him.

Majors did not testify. His lawyer had argued the actor was the victim, and that Ms Jabbari assaulted him in a jealous rage after seeing the text message in the car.

Majors, known for his role in Creed III, filed a countersuit against Jabbari in June, claiming that she was the aggressor. However, prosecutors chose not to press charges against her due to insufficient evidence.

Sentencing is scheduled for February, and the judge has issued a new protection order, mandating that Majors must have no contact with Jabbari.

She was "gratified to see justice served" by the verdict, her lawyer said, adding that it should serve as an inspiration for other abused women to come forward.

"Ms Jabbari testified publicly and truthfully, even though reliving these traumatic events on the witness stand was obviously painful," lawyer Ross Kramer said in a statement to BBC News.

shown in a court sketch lowering his eyes as the verdict is read

were shown CCTV footage of the assault

A lawyer for Majors said in a statement that his legal team is "grateful" that the jury notably did not find that he had intended to cause physical injuries to Ms Jabbari.

"Mr Majors is grateful to God, his family, his friends, and his fans for their love and support during these harrowing eight months," said lawyer Priya Chaudhry.

"Mr Majors still has faith in the process and looks forward to fully clearing his name."

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, whose office brought the criminal charges, said after the verdict that the psychological and emotional abuses carried out by the movie star were "far too common across the many intimate partner violence cases we see each and every day".

Two years before the incident, Grace Jabbari encountered Majors on the set of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, where she served as a movement coach.

In the aftermath of Majors' arrest, Marvel decided to delay the release of Avengers: The Kang Dynasty until 2026, where he was slated to play the lead villain.

Similarly, the release of Magazine Dreams, a film previously considered a potential Oscar contender, was also postponed following the allegations.