NCIS Special Agent Sonja Percy headed to New Orleans, leaving her position as an agent at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and served for three years before moving on to the FBI. Shalita Grant portrayed Special Agent Percy for three seasons, from 2015 to 2018, then moved on to the dark comedy, "Search Party," to play wacky rookie lawyer Cassidy Diamond. In addition to her TV success, Grant has also been lucky in love. "It's really soul-nurturing to be at a pinnacle in your career and have the world be so lovely and so grateful for your work and your home life match your outside," Grant told The Advocate in 2021 of her relationship with athlete Jessica "Jag" Aguilar.
Connected by a matchmaking mutual friend, the couple got together right before pandemic-related lockdowns shut down American life for months in 2020, with their relationship blossoming over the phone because, at the time, Grant lived in Los Angeles and Aguilar in Florida. That was Aguilar's longtime training ground, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel — she's a champion mixed martial arts fighter. Since turning professional in 2006, she's won upwards of 20 bouts. In 2014, Aguilar walked away from the World Series of Fighting league as the title-holding Women's Strawweight Champion, then joined the higher profile Ultimate Fighting Championship.
In 2021, the pair documented their Pride Month celebrations with joint Instagram posts. "This #pridemonth @jagatt and I are #proudandpresent," Grant captioned a sweet series of photos, while Aguilar wrote, "Sprinkles of our LO[V]E..."
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