Actor Jonathan Majors was ordered to complete a one-year counseling program to avoid jail time on Monday for allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend in a high-profile case that derailed the promising star’s career.

The 34-year-old Creed III and other films star faced up to a year in jail after being convicted by a Manhattan jury of misdemeanor assault in December.

In court on Monday, Judge Michael Jaffee sentenced Majors to probation after noting that both sides in the case agreed that the charges did not warrant jail time, as the actor was a first-time offender with no previous criminal record.

He said Majors must complete a 52-week personal intervention program in Los Angeles, where the actor lives. He must also continue mental health treatment that his lawyers say he is participating in. Majors faces a one-year jail sentence if he violates the terms, which also included an order not to contact his ex-girlfriend Grace Gabbari.

Majors, who was dressed entirely in black and accompanied by his actress girlfriend Meghan Good, declined to make a statement in court and left the courtroom without speaking to reporters.

His lawyer, Preya Choudhry, said the actor did not want to make any public statement that Gabbari could use against him in the civil lawsuit she filed against him.

She added that Majors is “committed to growing as a person” and will complete any court-mandated programs “with an open heart,” even as he maintains his innocence and plans to appeal.

Choudhry said in court: “He has lost his entire career,” “This has been the most challenging year of his life.”

But Gabbari, holding back tears as she addressed the court, said Majors refuses to admit his guilt and remains a danger to those around him.

She said, “He is not sorry, and he has not accepted responsibility, he will do this again and hurt other women. He thinks he is above the law.”

Gabbari added, “Majors made her believe that the two were in a loving relationship, but in reality, he isolated her from the rest of the world, from family and friends.”

“I was very emotionally dependent on him,” “I became a different person around him – small, scared, and weak.”

Instead of admitting his actions, Majors publicly criticized court proceedings and launched a “high-profile PR campaign,” including a nationally televised interview, according to Assistant District Attorney Kelly Galloway while requesting a violent offender counseling sentence for Majors.

After the conviction in December, Majors was immediately dropped by Marvel Studios, who had cast him as Kang the Conqueror, a role conceived as the main villain in the entertainment empire's films and TV shows for years to come.

The conviction came after a March altercation in which Gabbari accused him of attacking her in the backseat of a car with a driver present, saying he hit her head with an open hand, twisted her arm behind her back, and pressed her middle finger until it broke.

Majors claimed that the 31-year-old British dancer was the aggressor, who became enraged after reading a text message from another woman on his phone, and asserted he was only trying to retrieve his phone and safely leave Gabbari.

Majors had hoped to be acquitted in his two-week criminal trial. In a televised interview shortly after his conviction, he said he deserved a second chance.

But the California native and Yale graduate still faces the civil lawsuit Gabbari filed last month in Manhattan federal court. Gabbari accused Majors of assault, battery, defamation, and causing emotional distress, alleging he subjected her to escalating incidents of physical and verbal abuse during their relationship.

The two met in 2021 on the set of Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, in which Majors played Kang.

Majors’ lawyers declined to respond to these allegations, stating only that they are preparing counterclaims against Gabbari.

The actor had a standout role in the 2019 film The Last Black Man in San Francisco. He also starred in the HBO horror series Lovecraft Country, which earned him an Emmy nomination, and as the antagonist to the fictional boxing hero Adonis Creed in the hit film Creed III.

For Marvel, the question remains whether the studio will recast the role of Kang or focus in a new direction.

Majors’ departure was among a series of major setbacks for the superhero factory, which has achieved unprecedented revenues of $30 billion worldwide through 33 films.