Jonathan Majors and Meagan Good Announce Their Engagement
Meagan Good has gathered immoderate large beingness lessons from fiancé Jonathan Majors .
The Harlem star, who announced her engagement to the Lovecraft Country alum successful November, got candid astir however their enslaved has impacted her life.
“This narration has taught maine astir unconditional love,” she told Ebony successful an interrogation published Jan. 22. “What it means to beryllium loved successful the fullness of who you are and to emotion idiosyncratic who brings retired the champion successful you.”
Meagan, 43, added that her romance with Jonathan, 35, has been “an astonishing journey, and I cherish it deeply.”
The mates archetypal met astatine the magazine’s Power 100 Gala successful October 2022, earlier making things authoritative the pursuing May. But for the actress—who was antecedently joined to DeVon Franklin from 2012 to 2022—there was “an instant connection” astatine archetypal sight.
“We had nary thought that 2 years later, we’d beryllium engaged,” she gushed, “but everything shifted that day.”
The commencement of the pair’s courtship came astatine a turbulent clip for Jonathan, arsenic helium was arrested successful March 2023 for allegedly assaulting ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari . While the Harder They Fall histrion maintained his innocence, helium was yet recovered blameworthy of misdemeanor battle and harassment and was sentenced to 52 weeks of in-person counseling arsenic good arsenic a $250 fine, according to NBC News .
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But contempt his ineligible troubles, the Creed III prima credited his now-fiancée for playing a cardinal portion successful his enactment system.
“I'm truly blessed,” helium told Good Morning America in January 2024, aft receiving the verdict. “I'm surrounded by radical who emotion me, who attraction astir me. But this has been very, very, precise hard, and precise difficult, and confusing successful galore ways. But I'm standing.”
Jonathan added, “It's conscionable maine now, you know, and my beauteous partner, Meagan, and my dogs.”
For a person look astatine Meagan and Jonathan’s emotion story, support scrolling.
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October 2022: Meagan Good & Jonathan Majors Meet
Three months aft Meagan Good and shaper DeVon Franklin finalized their divorce , she attended the 2022 EBONY Power 100 gala. It was determination that she met her aboriginal fiancé Jonathan Majors .
"EBONY Power 100 is the lawsuit that we met astatine successful the bathroom," the histrion told E! News' Francesca Amiker portion attending the fête 2 years later, "in the unisex bathroom."
And portion Good told People determination "was instant chemistry," she admitted she "wasn't truly successful that caput frame" to commencement dating again.
"Then we re-met again astir 4 months later," she continued, "and I was like, 'This is gonna happen. This is gonna happen.' And it did."
May 2023: Romance Reports
However, it wouldn't beryllium until May 2023 that reports spread the 2 were dating.
The narration quality came little than 2 months aft Majors was arrested successful New York connected charges of harassment and battle for his alleged engagement successful a home quality with a woman, who was aboriginal identified arsenic his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari . He denied the allegations, with his lawyer telling NBC News successful March 2023 Majors "is wholly innocent."
June 2023: Supporting Him successful Court
In June 2023, Majors appeared successful court, wherever an August proceedings day was set. Good stood by his side and held his manus arsenic they near the hearing.
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August 2023: The Trial
During the trial—which was initially scheduled to statesman successful August 2023 but past got postponed until November of that year—the Cousin Skeeter alum continued to beryllium determination for the Lovecraft Country actor. Majors pleaded not blameworthy to his charges.
According to the Associated Press , Jabbari was arrested for alleged battle and transgression mischief successful October 2023 aft Majors accused her of attacking him, but the charges were dropped the adjacent day. Doug Cohen , property caput for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, told the outlet the bureau "officially declined to prosecute the lawsuit against Grace Jabbari due to the fact that it lacks prosecutorial merit."
Jabbari's lawyer Ross Kramer told the AP the DA's bureau "carefully reviewed each the facts of the lawsuit and concluded that Ms. Jabbari was the victim, and not the perpetrator," adding that the apprehension had been "unfortunate and re-traumatizing."
Meanwhile, Majors' lawyer Dustin Pusch told NBC News "it is simply a superior injustice that the District Attorney continues to determination guardant with its lawsuit against him."
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December 2023: Verdict Is In
In December 2023, Majors was recovered guilty of 1 number of battle successful the 3rd grade and 1 number of harassment successful 2nd degree. He was besides recovered not blameworthy of different number of battle successful the 3rd grade and of a number of aggravated harassment.
"I was absoLutely shocked and afraid," the Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania alum, who was dropped by Marvel aft the verdict, said successful a January 2024 interrogation with ABC News . "I'm lasting there, and the verdict comes down, I say, 'How is that imaginable based disconnected the evidence, based disconnected the prosecution's grounds fto unsocial our evidence? How is that possible?'"
Majors besides told the outlet he's "never struck a woman, ever."
Jabbari's lawyer Brittany Henderson responded to the interrogation by telling ABC News , successful part, "The timing of these caller statements demonstrates a wide deficiency of remorse for the actions for which helium was recovered blameworthy and should marque the sentencing decisions reasonably casual for the Court."
As for his narration with Good, Majors called her an "angel" for her support.
"I'm truthful blessed to person her," helium told the outlet. "The narration is inactive fresh, but I deliberation I recovered her. I anticipation she'll conscionable instrumentality with me."
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March 2024: Red Carpet Official
The brace made their reddish carpet debut arsenic a couple successful March 2024 astatine the African American Film Critics Association Special Achievement Awards luncheon successful Los Angeles.
And portion speaking to E! News astatine the NAACP Awards aboriginal that month, Good confirmed Majors is the one and that they're successful love.
"She holds maine down," Majors added to E! astir their enactment for each other. "I clasp her down."
According to NBC News , citing tribunal documents, Jabbari besides filed a suit against Majors successful March 2024 and accused him of defamation, malicious prosecution, battle and battery—alleging helium abused her astatine different points successful their relationship. His lawyer told the outlet helium was "preparing counterclaims" against his ex.
But successful November 2024, Jabbari dropped the lawsuit, with tribunal documents obtained by NBC News noting "all claims against Defendant successful the above-captioned enactment are hereby dismissed with prejudice."
April 2024: Sentencing
Nearly 3 months aft his proceedings conviction, Majors was sentenced to a 52-week counseling programme arsenic good arsenic a $250 charge. Again, Good showed her enactment for him arsenic they made their mode to the courtroom.
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June 2024: Award Show Shout-Out
While accepting the Perseverance Award astatine the Hollywood Unlocked Impact Awards, Majors cried arsenic helium reiterated however overmuch Good means to him.
"I emotion you beyond limit, with each my strength, with each my heart," helium said successful a video shared by The Hollywood Reporter 's Chris Gardner . Majors besides reflected connected however the Harlem prima "carried maine so, so, so, truthful galore nights."
July 2024: Making Her Own Decisions
And Good has sent the emotion close back.
"The enactment that we've been capable to springiness each other, the pouring into each other, the honorable conversations, the love, the respect, conscionable the attraction and the thoughtfulness," she said connected a July 2024 occurrence of Today erstwhile asked however they've been capable to navigate their relationship, "it's been conscionable truly wonderful."
And portion she said "every person advised " her to hold until Majors' tribunal lawsuit was implicit to statesman a relationship, the Shazam! histrion chose to travel her heart.
“One happening I cognize is that I tin ever look myself successful the reflector erstwhile I spot my spirit, erstwhile I spot God, erstwhile I inquire God, and erstwhile I determination to the bushed of my ain drum, I tin ever look and say, 'OK, I’m arrogant of that,'" she added. “No substance immoderate happens, I person bid successful my bosom and I person harmony successful my heart."
Even though Good said she ever considers her loved ones' opinions, "at the extremity of the day, I’m the 1 who has to unrecorded my beingness and I'm the 1 who has to get to eden 1 day, prayerfully, and springiness God an relationship of what I did."
"I privation to beryllium liable for the choices that I make," she continued. "I besides privation to unrecorded the beingness that I privation to live.”
November 2024: Engaged
Two years aft they archetypal crossed paths, Good revealed her engagement to Majors by debuting her ringing astatine the 2024 Ebony Power 100 gala.
"Truthfully, we did 2 proposals ," she told E! News’ Francesca Amiker astatine the EBONY Power 100 gala successful Los Angeles connected Nov. 17. “I was conscionable reasoning astir the 2nd one. Yeah, we’re gonna support it to ourselves. I was precise shocked, and it was wonderful. I was like, 'Wait, are you superior babe?' And past aboriginal on, immoderate months later, was another, and I was like, 'Baby!'"
As Majors enactment it astir the treble proposal, "Don't bash thing halves."
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