WASHINGTON — The arrest of actor Jonathan Majors has upended the Newly Launched Army Ad Campaign which was intended to reactivate the service distressed recruiting numbers.
Majors, who authorities say was arrested Saturday in New York on charges of strangulation, assault and harassment, was the narrator of two ads at the center of a broader media campaign that began at the start of the March Madness college basketball tournament at the NCAA.
Army leaders were hopeful that the popularity of the star of the recently released «Creed III» and «Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania» would help them reach the top. youth audience.
In a statement Sunday, the Army’s Office of Business Marketing said the Army was aware of Majors’ arrest and was «deeply concerned by the allegations.» It added that while Majors «is innocent until proven guilty, prudence dictates that we withdraw our ads until the investigation of these allegations is complete.»
New York City police said the actor was involved in a domestic dispute with a 30-year-old woman. «The victim informed the police that she was assaulted,» a police spokesperson said in a statement.
A lawyer for Majors, Priya Chaudhry, said in a statement Sunday that there was evidence clearing Majors and that the actor «is likely the victim of an altercation with a woman he knows.»